tunnla
Meaning
to tunnel (to transport through a tunnel; to transfer data through an encapsulating protocol); to nutmeg
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tunnla | to tunnel |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tunnlar | jag tunnlar |
| Past | tunnlade | jag tunnlade |
| Supine | tunnlat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tunnlat | jag har tunnlat |
| Past perfect | hade tunnlat | jag hade tunnlat |
| Future | ska tunnla | or: kommer att tunnla |
| Conditional | skulle tunnla | jag skulle tunnla |
| Imperative | tunnla! | a command |
| Present participle | tunnlande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tunnlad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tunnlas |
|---|---|
| Present | tunnlas |
| Past | tunnlades |
| Supine | tunnlats |
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 tunnlar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tunnla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tunnla). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does tunnla mean in English?
tunnla means “to tunnel (to transport through a tunnel; to transfer data through an encapsulating protocol), to nutmeg”.
What is the past tense of tunnla?
The past tense of tunnla is tunnlade (“jag tunnlade”). The supine is tunnlat, used in “jag har tunnlat”.
What is the present tense of tunnla?
tunnlar, the same for every person: jag tunnlar, du tunnlar, vi tunnlar.
Origin
tunnel + -a
Nearby common words
tunnla is number 9,122 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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