svullna
Meaning
swell
In Swedish: bli svullen
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att svullna | to swell |
|---|---|---|
| Present | svullnar | jag svullnar |
| Past | svullnade | jag svullnade |
| Supine | svullnat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har svullnat | jag har svullnat |
| Past perfect | hade svullnat | jag hade svullnat |
| Future | ska svullna | or: kommer att svullna |
| Conditional | skulle svullna | jag skulle svullna |
| Imperative | svullna! | a command |
| Present participle | svullnande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | svullnad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | svullnas |
|---|---|
| Present | svullnas |
| Past | svullnades |
| Supine | svullnats |
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 svullnar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise svullna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (svullna). Which is the past tense?
svullna in a sentence
- benet svullnade uppthe leg swelled up
- Handen svullnade uppMy hand swelled up
- Ögat svullnade igenMy eye swelled shut
Questions
What does svullna mean in English?
svullna means “swell”.
What is the past tense of svullna?
The past tense of svullna is svullnade (“jag svullnade”). The supine is svullnat, used in “jag har svullnat”.
What is the present tense of svullna?
svullnar, the same for every person: jag svullnar, du svullnar, vi svullnar.
Origin
Old Swedish sulna.
Nearby common words
svullna is number 8,352 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,347skärsår cut
- 8,349zebra zebra
- 8,350bearbetning processing, working, treatment
- 8,351omfatta comprise
- 8,353arrangerad arranged
- 8,354eldsvåda destructive fire, such as a house burning
- 8,355inspärrad locked up, imprisonment
- 8,356förtryck oppression
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary