vissla
vissla as a verb
Meaning
whistle
In Swedish: blåsa gällt med läpparna
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att vissla | to whistle |
|---|---|---|
| Present | visslar | jag visslar |
| Past | visslade | jag visslade |
| Supine | visslat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har visslat | jag har visslat |
| Past perfect | hade visslat | jag hade visslat |
| Future | ska vissla | or: kommer att vissla |
| Conditional | skulle vissla | jag skulle vissla |
| Imperative | vissla! | a command |
| Present participle | visslande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | visslad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | visslas |
|---|---|
| Present | visslas |
| Past | visslades |
| Supine | visslats |
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 visslar. See the four verb groups explained.
vissla as a noun(en vissla)
Meaning
whistle
In Swedish: visselpipa e d
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en vissla |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | visslan |
| Plural, indefinite | visslor |
| Plural, definite | visslorna |
vissla is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor vissla, den stora visslan. Check another noun
Practise vissla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (vissla). Which is the past tense?
vissla in a sentence
- vissla en melodiwhistle a melody
Questions
What does vissla mean in English?
vissla means “whistle”.
Is it en vissla or ett vissla?
It is en vissla, and “the whistle” is visslan.
What is the plural of vissla?
The plural of vissla is visslor, and the definite plural is visslorna.
What is the past tense of vissla?
The past tense of vissla is visslade (“jag visslade”). The supine is visslat, used in “jag har visslat”.
What is the present tense of vissla?
visslar, the same for every person: jag visslar, du visslar, vi visslar.
Origin
From Old Swedish hvīsla, from Old Norse hvísla, from Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).
Nearby common words
vissla is number 5,332 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 5,335auktoritet authority
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