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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish styrta, from Middle Low German störten.
Pronunciation
Verb
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
Conjugation of störta (weak)
Derived terms
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References
- ^ 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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