Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

boka

book, reserve/ˈbuːˌka/

Meaning

book; reserve

In Swedish: beställa

Conjugation

Conjugation of boka (book)
Infinitive	att boka	to book
Present	bokar	jag bokar
Past	bokade	jag bokade
Supine	bokat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bokat	jag har bokat
Past perfect	hade bokat	jag hade bokat
Future	ska boka	or: kommer att boka
Conditional	skulle boka	jag skulle boka
Imperative	boka!	a command
Present participle	bokande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bokad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of boka
Infinitive	bokas
Present	bokas
Past	bokades
Supine	bokats

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 bokar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (boka). Which is the past tense?

boka in a sentence

de bokade plats på resan
they booked tickets for the trip
bokning
booking, reservation

Questions

What does boka mean in English?

boka means “book, reserve”.

What is the past tense of boka?

The past tense of boka is bokade (“jag bokade”). The supine is bokat, used in “jag har bokat”.

What is the present tense of boka?

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

Similar words

beställareserveratinga

Origin

bok + -a

Nearby common words

boka is number 2,219 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,215modell model, design
2,216kanal channel, canal
2,217hämnas revenge, get one's own back
2,218räknas count
2,220förfölja pursue; persecute
2,221ende end, only one
2,222sy sew, stitch
2,223lager stockroom, storage

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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