In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | bälga |
| Present | bälgar |
| Past | bälgade |
| Imperative | bälga |
| Supine | bälgat |
Verbs conjugated like 'bälga'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bälga'
bärga,
äga,
älta,
ärga,
bädda,
båga,
bägla,
bala,
balja,
bända,
Translations
gulp, to swallow eagerly, or in large draughts
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
Additional Information
Etymology
1. jfr sv. dial. bälga i se, fylla buken genom glupskt ätande o. drickande, äta, dricka med glupskhet, bälga, glo stint, vränga ut ögonen så mycket som möjligt, äfvensom d. bælge, isl. belgja, uppblåsa, bringa att svälla; af samma rot som BÄLG References:
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2. From Old Swedish bælghia (“to swell up”), from Old Norse belgja (“to inflate”), from Proto-Germanic *balgijaną, causative of *belganą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). Compare Danish bælle. See: Proto-Germanic '
*balgijaną', Danish '
bælle'.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.