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 | skövla |
| Present | skövlar |
| Past | skövlade |
| Imperative | skövla |
| Supine | skövlat |
Verbs conjugated like 'skövla'
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 'skövla'
skavla,
skola,
skövla,
skrovla,
sovla,
avskovla,
kavla,
kola,
kolla,
korla,
Translations
deforest, to clear an area of forest
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Tio fotbollsplaner regnskog skövlas varje minut (Ten soccer fields of rainforest are cleared every minute)
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De plundrade och skövlade byn (They plundered and laid waste to the village)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. skyfla, sköfla; jfr fd. skyflæ, ä. d. skø(v)le; möjl. samhörigt med fvn. skyflr, som kräver l. förbrukar l. använder mycket (av ngt), dyr (i sht i ssgr, t. ex. liðskyflr, som kräver mycket folk), o. i avljudsförh. till SKJUVA
2. möjl. avledn. av sv. dial. sköva, släpa båt i isränna (jfr nor. dial. skøyva, ta långa språng, hoppa, vimsa), i avljudsförh. till SKJUVA References:
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Cognates
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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.