bikta
Meaning
confess; hear (somebody's) confession
In Swedish: bekänna synder (för en präst)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att bikta | to confess |
|---|---|---|
| Present | biktar | jag biktar |
| Past | biktade | jag biktade |
| Supine | biktat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har biktat | jag har biktat |
| Past perfect | hade biktat | jag hade biktat |
| Future | ska bikta | or: kommer att bikta |
| Conditional | skulle bikta | jag skulle bikta |
| Imperative | bikta! | a command |
| Present participle | biktande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | biktad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | biktas |
|---|---|
| Present | biktas |
| Past | biktades |
| Supine | biktats |
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 biktar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise bikta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (bikta). Which is the past tense?
bikta in a sentence
- författaren biktar sin stora ensamhetthe writer confesses his bitter loneliness
Questions
What does bikta mean in English?
bikta means “confess, hear (somebody's) confession”.
What is the past tense of bikta?
The past tense of bikta is biktade (“jag biktade”). The supine is biktat, used in “jag har biktat”.
What is the present tense of bikta?
biktar, the same for every person: jag biktar, du biktar, vi biktar.
Nearby common words
bikta is number 6,678 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 6,679arbetsplats workplace
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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