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störta

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See also: storta and stortå

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish styrta, from Middle Low German störten.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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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
present participle störtande
past participle störtad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  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]‎[1], number 3

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