störta
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish styrta, from Middle Low German störten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]störta (present störtar, preterite störtade, supine störtat, imperative störta)
- to descend or fall or (with a particle like samman (“together”)) collapse uncontrollably
- Han störtade mot marken
- He plummeted towards the ground
- to hit the ground after such a decent; to crash
- Synonym: krascha
- Flygplanet störtade
- The plane crashed
- to overthrow a person of authority or a government
- (colloquial) to rush, to run very hurriedly
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of störta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | störta | störtas | ||
| Supine | störtat | störtats | ||
| Imperative | störta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | störten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | störtar | störtade | störtas | störtades |
| Ind. plural1 | störta | störtade | störtas | störtades |
| Subjunctive2 | störte | störtade | störtes | störtades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | störtande | |||
| Past participle | störtad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- stötta (“support”)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- störta in Svensk ordbok.