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 | falna |
| Present | falnar |
| Past | falnade |
| Imperative | falna |
| Supine | falnat |
Verbs conjugated like 'falna'
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 'falna'
alna,
fala,
falla,
falsa,
famna,
fasna,
fulna,
kalna,
valna,
agna,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Nu lägerelden falnat ut och dagen nått sitt slut (old-fashioned/poetic phrasing – usually "Nu har lägerelden falnat ut ..." – supine is implying the "har") (Now the camp fire has faded and the day has reached its end)
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1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Helgdagskväll i timmerkojan
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Då sova vi alla på granris tungt
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och drömma om bleka mör
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och snarka och vända oss manligt och lugnt,
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medan elden falnar och dör.
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Then sleep we all heavily on pine bough beds
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and dream of maidens pale
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and snore and turn around manly and calm, (while the fire fades and dies.)
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falnad skönhet (faded beauty)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. falna, avl. av ett ej med säkerhet uppvisat inhemskt adj. (se FAL, adj.
2); jfr ä. d. falne, nor. folna, isl. fǫlna; jfr äv. nor. dial. fallna. Formen
fallna synes bero dels på dialektal utveckling, dels på anslutning till FALLA References:
1
2. From Old Norse fǫlna, from the adjective fǫlr (“pale”) + -na. Equivalent to fal + -na.
Verbs referencing "falna"
Icelandic
fölna.
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.