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dränka

drown, steep, impregnate

Meaning

drown; steep; impregnate

In Swedish: döda genom att sänka ner i vätska

Conjugation

Conjugation of dränka (drown)
Infinitive	att dränka	to drown
Present	dränker	jag dränker
Past	dränkte	jag dränkte
Supine	dränkt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har dränkt	jag har dränkt
Past perfect	hade dränkt	jag hade dränkt
Future	ska dränka	or: kommer att dränka
Conditional	skulle dränka	jag skulle dränka
Imperative	dränk!	a command
Present participle	dränkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	dränkt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of dränka
Infinitive	dränkas
Present	dränks
Past	dränktes
Supine	dränkts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use dränker. See the four verb groups explained.

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

dränka in a sentence

dränka sig
drown oneself
han dränkte (in) trasan med olja
he soaked the rag with oil

Questions

What does dränka mean in English?

dränka means “drown, steep”.

What is the past tense of dränka?

The past tense of dränka is dränkte (“jag dränkte”). The supine is dränkt, used in “jag har dränkt”.

What is the present tense of dränka?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish drænkia, from Old Norse drekkja, drenkja, from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną, causative of *drinkaną.

Nearby common words

dränka is number 4,091 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,086storma blow a gale, assault
4,087intrång infringement, trespass
4,089duva dove, pigeon
4,090romare Roman
4,092rutten rotten
4,093böna plead (beg) for
4,094trång tight, narrow
4,095ingång entrance

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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