Swedish verb

äckla

sicken, disgust

Meaning

sicken; disgust

In Swedish: få att känna äckel

Conjugation

Conjugation of äckla (sicken)
Infinitive	att äckla	to sicken
Present	äcklar	jag äcklar
Past	äcklade	jag äcklade
Supine	äcklat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har äcklat	jag har äcklat
Past perfect	hade äcklat	jag hade äcklat
Future	ska äckla	or: kommer att äckla
Conditional	skulle äckla	jag skulle äckla
Imperative	äckla!	a command
Present participle	äcklande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	äcklad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of äckla
Infinitive	äcklas
Present	äcklas
Past	äcklades
Supine	äcklats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use äcklar. See the four verb groups explained.

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äckla in a sentence

Ni äcklar mig
You disgust me

Questions

What does äckla mean in English?

äckla means “sicken, disgust”.

What is the past tense of äckla?

The past tense of äckla is äcklade (“jag äcklade”). The supine is äcklat, used in “jag har äcklat”.

What is the present tense of äckla?

äcklar, the same for every person: jag äcklar, du äcklar, vi äcklar.

Similar words

väcka avsmak

Origin

From German ekeln.

Nearby common words

äckla is number 6,407 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,403flott smart, stylish
6,404huva hood
6,405bedrog defrauded, fooled
6,406huruvida whether
6,408sedlar bills
6,409inlagd pickled
6,410mästerskap championship
6,411uppehåll break, dry

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary