Swedish verb

vålla

cause

Meaning

cause

In Swedish: vara orsak el. skuld (till)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vålla (cause)
Infinitive	att vålla	to cause
Present	vållar	jag vållar
Past	vållade	jag vållade
Supine	vållat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vållat	jag har vållat
Past perfect	hade vållat	jag hade vållat
Future	ska vålla	or: kommer att vålla
Conditional	skulle vålla	jag skulle vålla
Imperative	vålla!	a command
Present participle	vållande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	vållad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vålla
Infinitive	vållas
Present	vållas
Past	vållades
Supine	vållats

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 vållar. See the four verb groups explained.

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vålla in a sentence

vålla stora problem
cause major problems
vara vållande till en olycka
be the cause of an accident
Han dömdes för vållande till annans död.
He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

Questions

What does vålla mean in English?

vålla means “cause”.

What is the past tense of vålla?

The past tense of vålla is vållade (“jag vållade”). The supine is vållat, used in “jag har vållat”.

What is the present tense of vålla?

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

Similar words

åsamkaorsakaframkallaföranledaåstadkommaförorsaka

Origin

From Old Swedish valda, from Old Norse valda, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną.

Nearby common words

vålla is number 8,888 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,884överhuvud generally, overall, for the most part, synonym of överhuvudtaget
8,885holländska Dutch language, Dutchwoman
8,886asiatiska a woman from Asia
8,887avseende consideration, attention
8,889banal prosaic, commonplace
8,890frossa guzzle, revel
8,891ingendera neither
8,892volontär volunteer

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