störta

See also: storta and stortå

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish styrta, from Middle Low German störten.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [²stœ̞ʈa]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [²stɵʈa]

Verb

störta (present störtar, preterite störtade, supine störtat, imperative störta)

  1. to descend or fall or (with a particle like samman (“together”)) collapse uncontrollably
    Han störtade mot marken
    He plummeted towards the ground
  2. to hit the ground after such a decent; to crash
    Synonym: krascha
    Flygplanet störtade
    The plane crashed
  3. to overthrow a person of authority or a government
  4. (colloquial) to rush, to run very hurriedly

Conjugation
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.

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References
  1. Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎, number 3

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