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banka

knock, beat, pound

Meaning

knock; beat; pound

In Swedish: slå hårt, bulta

Conjugation

Conjugation of banka (knock)
Infinitive	att banka	to knock
Present	bankar	jag bankar
Past	bankade	jag bankade
Supine	bankat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bankat	jag har bankat
Past perfect	hade bankat	jag hade bankat
Future	ska banka	or: kommer att banka
Conditional	skulle banka	jag skulle banka
Imperative	banka!	a command
Present participle	bankande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bankad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of banka
Infinitive	bankas
Present	bankas
Past	bankades
Supine	bankats

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 bankar. See the four verb groups explained.

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banka in a sentence

Någon bankade hårt på dörren
Someone was knocking hard on the door
Banka inte för hårt på tv:n. Det kan göra mer skada än nytta.
Don't bang on the TV too hard. It could do more harm than good.
Hjärtat bankade
His heart pounded

Questions

What does banka mean in English?

banka means “knock, beat”.

What is the past tense of banka?

The past tense of banka is bankade (“jag bankade”). The supine is bankat, used in “jag har bankat”.

What is the present tense of banka?

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

Similar words

bultahamraslåknacka

Origin

From Old Swedish bånga, from Old Norse banga, from Proto-Germanic *bang- (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, injure”).

Nearby common words

banka is number 2,264 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,260firma firm
2,261framgång success
2,262check cheque, (check (US))
2,263sikta aim, sight
2,265medborgare citizen
2,266as carcass, carrion
2,267drag stroke, line
2,268vinter winter

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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