urholka
Swedish edit
Verb edit
urholka (present urholkar, preterite urholkade, supine urholkat, imperative urholka)
- to hollow out
- urholka en stock
- hollow out a log
- Droppen urholkar stenen
- The drop hollows out the rock (proverb, originally from Ovid)
- (figuratively) to erode
- Skandalen urholkade förtroendet för honom
- The scandal eroded trust in him
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of urholka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | urholka | urholkas | ||
| Supine | urholkat | urholkats | ||
| Imperative | urholka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | urholken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | urholkar | urholkade | urholkas | urholkades |
| Ind. plural1 | urholka | urholkade | urholkas | urholkades |
| Subjunctive2 | urholke | urholkade | urholkes | urholkades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | urholkande | |||
| Past participle | urholkad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||