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störta

overthrow, bring down, rush

Meaning

overthrow; bring down; rush

In Swedish: (få att) falla hårt (och långt), rasa

Conjugation

Conjugation of störta (overthrow)
Infinitive	att störta	to overthrow
Present	störtar	jag störtar
Past	störtade	jag störtade
Supine	störtat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har störtat	jag har störtat
Past perfect	hade störtat	jag hade störtat
Future	ska störta	or: kommer att störta
Conditional	skulle störta	jag skulle störta
Imperative	störta!	a command
Present participle	störtande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	störtad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of störta
Infinitive	störtas
Present	störtas
Past	störtades
Supine	störtats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use störtar. See the four verb groups explained.

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störta in a sentence

flygplanet störtade över Alperna
the aircraft came down (crashed) in the Alps
störta diktaturen
overthrow the dictatorship
hela hennes värld störtade samman
her whole world came crashing down
hon störtade iväg till bussen
she rushed off to catch the bus
Han störtade mot marken
He plummeted towards the ground
Flygplanet störtade
The plane crashed

Questions

What does störta mean in English?

störta means “overthrow, bring down”.

What is the past tense of störta?

The past tense of störta is störtade (“jag störtade”). The supine is störtat, used in “jag har störtat”.

What is the present tense of störta?

störtar, the same for every person: jag störtar, du störtar, vi störtar.

Similar words

raserafalla

Origin

From Old Swedish styrta, from Middle Low German störten.

Nearby common words

störta is number 3,113 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,109utveckling development, trend
3,110filt rug, blanket
3,111passion passion
3,112öh uh (expression of uncertainty), hey, oi (when trying to get someone's attention)
3,114följande following
3,115angel a pike hook
3,116avrätta execute, put to death
3,117skett taken place, come about

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