ducka
Meaning
duck
In Swedish: hastigt böja sig ner (för att undgå ett slag)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att ducka | to duck |
|---|---|---|
| Present | duckar | jag duckar |
| Past | duckade | jag duckade |
| Supine | duckat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har duckat | jag har duckat |
| Past perfect | hade duckat | jag hade duckat |
| Future | ska ducka | or: kommer att ducka |
| Conditional | skulle ducka | jag skulle ducka |
| Imperative | ducka! | a command |
| Present participle | duckande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | duckas |
|---|---|
| Present | duckas |
| Past | duckades |
| Supine | duckats |
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 duckar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise ducka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (ducka). Which is the past tense?
ducka in a sentence
- Han duckade för bollen som kom flygande mot honom.He ducked the ball that came flying toward him.
Questions
What does ducka mean in English?
ducka means “duck”.
What is the past tense of ducka?
The past tense of ducka is duckade (“jag duckade”). The supine is duckat, used in “jag har duckat”.
What is the present tense of ducka?
duckar, the same for every person: jag duckar, du duckar, vi duckar.
Origin
From English duck.
Nearby common words
ducka is number 3,672 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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