Swedish verb· top 500 most common

åka

go, ride, drive, fall, slip, slide/ˈoːka/

Meaning

go, ride, drive; fall, slip, slide

In Swedish: färdas (med fordon)

Conjugation

Conjugation of åka (go)
Infinitive	att åka	to go
Present	åker	jag åker
Past	åkte	jag åkte
Supine	åkt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har åkt	jag har åkt
Past perfect	hade åkt	jag hade åkt
Future	ska åka	or: kommer att åka
Conditional	skulle åka	jag skulle åka
Imperative	åk!	a command
Present participle	åkande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of åka
Infinitive	åkas
Present	åks
Past	åktes
Supine	åkts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use åker. See the four verb groups explained.

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åka in a sentence

åka skidor
ski, go skiing
åka bil
drive, go by car
åka till Stockholm
go to Stockholm
boken åkte i golvet
the book fell (slid) to the floor
att åka skateboard
to ride a skateboard
att åka skidor
to ski
att åka skridskor
to ice skate
att åka buss
to ride a/the bus, to go by bus

Questions

What does åka mean in English?

åka means “go, ride, drive, fall, slip, slide”.

What is the past tense of åka?

The past tense of åka is åkte (“jag åkte”). The supine is åkt, used in “jag har åkt”.

What is the present tense of åka?

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

Similar words

färdaskuskaresafara

Where the course teaches it

Swedish listening practice: making meeting plans
Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

From Old Swedish aka, from Old Norse aka, from Proto-Germanic *akaną.

Nearby common words

åka is number 220 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

216helt wholly, completely
217kvinna woman
218era your, yours (possessed by the multiple individuals addressed, of multiple things), you (vocative determiner used before a plural noun, regardless of gender)
219första first
221länge long
222kväll evening
223håll way, direction
224ledsen sad

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