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 | vackla |
| Present | vacklar |
| Past | vacklade |
| Imperative | vackla |
| Supine | vacklat |
Verbs conjugated like 'vackla'
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 'vackla'
hackla,
kackla,
kvackla,
mackla,
rackla,
tackla,
veckla,
äckla,
avtackla,
backa,
Translations
falter, To waver or be unsteady
reel, to walk shakily or unsteadily
stagger, to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking
stagger, to begin to doubt and waver in purposes
Sample Sentences
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Smällen fick honom att vackla bakåt (The blow caused him to stagger backwards)
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vackla i tron (waver in one's faith)
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Hon vacklade fram och tillbaka i frågan (She wavered back and forth on the issue)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. liksom d., nor.
vakle av mlt. wackel(e)n l. t.
wackeln,
l-avledn. (med diminutiv l. iterativ innebörd) av wacken (se VAGGA, v.). — Jfr VAGGLA References:
1
2. Borrowed from German wackeln. Doublet of vagga. See: German, old spelling '
wackeln'.
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.