baka
Meaning
bake
In Swedish: tillverka bröd
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att baka | to bake |
|---|---|---|
| Present | bakar | jag bakar |
| Past | bakade | jag bakade |
| Supine | bakat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har bakat | jag har bakat |
| Past perfect | hade bakat | jag hade bakat |
| Future | ska baka | or: kommer att baka |
| Conditional | skulle baka | jag skulle baka |
| Imperative | baka! | a command |
| Present participle | bakande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | bakad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | bakas |
|---|---|
| Present | bakas |
| Past | bakades |
| Supine | bakats |
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 bakar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise baka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (baka). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does baka mean in English?
baka means “bake”.
What is the past tense of baka?
The past tense of baka is bakade (“jag bakade”). The supine is bakat, used in “jag har bakat”.
What is the present tense of baka?
bakar, the same for every person: jag bakar, du bakar, vi bakar.
Origin
From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.
Nearby common words
baka is number 3,275 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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