gallra
Swedish
Verb
gallra (present gallrar, preterite gallrade, supine gallrat, imperative gallra)
- (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. | ||||
Related terms
- gallring
References
- gallra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gallra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gallra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)