svälla
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish svælla, from Old Norse svella, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną. Compare Icelandic svella, English swell, Low German swellen, Dutch zwellen, German schwellen. Doublet of svalla and svullna.
Verb
svälla (present sväller, preterite svällde, supine svällt, imperative sväll)
- to swell (become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
Conjugation
Conjugation of svälla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | svälla | svällas | ||
| Supine | svällt | svällts | ||
| Imperative | sväll | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | svällen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | sväller | svällde | svälls, svälles | svälldes |
| Ind. plural1 | svälla | svällde | svällas | svälldes |
| Subjunctive2 | svälle | svällde | svälles | svälldes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | svällande | |||
| Past participle | svälld | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- svälla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svälla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- svälla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- svälla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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