Swedish verb

vackla

totter

Meaning

totter

In Swedish: vara nära att falla, svikta

Conjugation

Conjugation of vackla (totter)
Infinitive	att vackla	to totter
Present	vacklar	jag vacklar
Past	vacklade	jag vacklade
Supine	vacklat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vacklat	jag har vacklat
Past perfect	hade vacklat	jag hade vacklat
Future	ska vackla	or: kommer att vackla
Conditional	skulle vackla	jag skulle vackla
Imperative	vackla!	a command
Present participle	vacklande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vackla
Infinitive	vacklas
Present	vacklas
Past	vacklades
Supine	vacklats

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 vacklar. See the four verb groups explained.

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vackla in a sentence

en vacklande ekonomi
a faltering economy
bron vacklar
the bridge is giving way
han vacklade ut ur huset
he tottered out of the house
Smällen fick honom att vackla bakåt
The blow caused him to stagger backwards
vackla i tron
waver in one's faith
Hon vacklade fram och tillbaka i frågan
She wavered back and forth on the issue

Questions

What does vackla mean in English?

vackla means “totter”.

What is the past tense of vackla?

The past tense of vackla is vacklade (“jag vacklade”). The supine is vacklat, used in “jag har vacklat”.

What is the present tense of vackla?

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

Similar words

vinglasviktatvivla

Origin

Borrowed from German wackeln.

Nearby common words

vackla is number 9,421 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,417kadaver cadaver, carcass
9,418motarbeta oppose
9,419overall overall, boiler-suit
9,420utlåtande opinion
9,422kulhål bullet holes, bullethole
9,423försova oversleep, to oversleep
9,424desamma the same; see also densamma, detsamma
9,425därhemma at home, back home

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