blanka
Meaning
blank; to polish, to make shining (blank), to shine shoes or other leather items; to groom (brush) animals; to erase all text; to blank; To sell valuable papers one doesn't own, in the hope that the price will drop sufficiently to allow the trader to buy them back, while still making net money on the transaction.; to finish off a sauce by adding fat (?)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att blanka | to blank |
|---|---|---|
| Present | blankar | jag blankar |
| Past | blankade | jag blankade |
| Supine | blankat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har blankat | jag har blankat |
| Past perfect | hade blankat | jag hade blankat |
| Future | ska blanka | or: kommer att blanka |
| Conditional | skulle blanka | jag skulle blanka |
| Imperative | blanka! | a command |
| Present participle | blankande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | blankad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | blankas |
|---|---|
| Present | blankas |
| Past | blankades |
| Supine | blankats |
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 blankar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise blanka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (blanka). Which is the past tense?
blanka in a sentence
- Hela huset vändes upp och ner, flygeln målades om, korna i ladugården blankades, trädgårdslanden snyggades uppThe whole house was turned around, the wing was repainted, the cows in the barn were brushed, the garden patch was shaped up
Questions
What does blanka mean in English?
blanka means “blank, to polish, to make shining (blank), to shine shoes or other leather items; to groom (brush) animals”.
What is the past tense of blanka?
The past tense of blanka is blankade (“jag blankade”). The supine is blankat, used in “jag har blankat”.
What is the present tense of blanka?
blankar, the same for every person: jag blankar, du blankar, vi blankar.
Nearby common words
blanka is number 7,270 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,266barnunge a (small) child, someone immature, a baby
- 7,267mjölka milk
- 7,268morot carrot
- 7,269gulliga cute
- 7,271jordnötter peanut, peanuts
- 7,272märkvärdig curious, quaint, strange
- 7,273åtagande undertaking, obligation
- 7,274toppa top
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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