kalla — to call, to name

kalla is the #172 most common word in Swedish, a verb. It means “to call, to name” and is pronounced /²kalːa/.

#172frequency rank

0.06%of everyday Swedish text

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Forms of kalla

Form	What it is	Meaning
kallar	present	call
kallade	past	called
kallat	supine	(have) called
kalla	command	call!
kalla	infinitive	to call
kallas	infinitive · passive	to be called
kallats	supine · passive	(have) been called
kallas	present · passive	be called
kallades	past · passive	was called
kalle	subjunctive present	call
kallade	subjunctive past	called
kalles	subjunctive present · passive	be called
kallades	subjunctive past · passive	was called
kallande	-ing form	calling
kallad	past participle	called