skrälla

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish skrælla, probably of imitative or sound-symbolic origin. Compare English shrill, which developed the -r- sound later.

Verb

skrälla (present skräller, preterite skrällde, supine skrällt, imperative skräll)

  1. to blare
  2. (colloquial, especially sports) to cause an upset (make sensation, especially by winning or achieving a top result – compare skräll) [since 1950s]
    1. (sports) to win unexpectedly, to upset
      Danmark skrällde mot Kanada
      Denmark scored an upset victory over Canada

Conjugation

Conjugation of skrälla (weak)
active passive
infinitive skrälla —
supine skrällt —
imperative skräll —
imper. plural1 skrällen —
present past present past
indicative skräller skrällde — —
ind. plural1 skrälla skrällde — —
subjunctive2 skrälle skrällde — —
present participle skrällande
past participle —

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

Derived terms

References

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