gallra

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Swedish

Verb

gallra (present gallrar, preterite gallrade, supine gallrat, imperative gallra)

  1. (often with a particle like ut (“out”), bort (“away”), or i (“in”)) to remove undesired parts (of something, concrete or abstract); to cull, to winnow, to thin, to weed
    gallra ett träd
    thin a tree
    gallra en trädgård
    weed a garden
    Han blev utgallrad
    He was "sieved out"
    gallra i informationsflödet
    "sieve" the flow of information

Usage notes

Though possibly etymologically unrelated, likely perceived by most native speakers to be from the notion of shaking through a sieve in the form of a galler (lattice).

Conjugation

Conjugation of gallra (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive gallra gallras
Supine gallrat gallrats
Imperative gallra —
Imper. plural1 gallren —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative gallrar gallrade gallras gallrades
Ind. plural1 gallra gallrade gallras gallrades
Subjunctive2 gallre gallrade gallres gallrades
Participles
Present participle gallrande
Past participle gallrad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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