Swedish verb

dunka

throb, pound

Meaning

throb; pound

In Swedish: ge ifrån sig ett dovt regelbundet ljud

Conjugation

Conjugation of dunka (throb)
Infinitive	att dunka	to throb
Present	dunkar	jag dunkar
Past	dunkade	jag dunkade
Supine	dunkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har dunkat	jag har dunkat
Past perfect	hade dunkat	jag hade dunkat
Future	ska dunka	or: kommer att dunka
Conditional	skulle dunka	jag skulle dunka
Imperative	dunka!	a command
Present participle	dunkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	dunkad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of dunka
Infinitive	dunkas
Present	dunkas
Past	dunkades
Supine	dunkats

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 dunkar. See the four verb groups explained.

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dunka in a sentence

hjulen dunkar mot rälsen
the wheels pound the rails
hjärtat dunkar
the heart pounds
han dunkade honom hjärtligt i ryggen
he pounded him heartily on the back
Högtalarna dunkade ut basnoter
The speakers thumped out bass notes
Hjärtat dunkade
His heart pounded
Han dunkade honom i ryggen
He thumped his back (used idiomatically like "slapped him on the back")
dunka huvudet i väggen
bang one's head against the wall

Questions

What does dunka mean in English?

dunka means “throb, pound”.

What is the past tense of dunka?

The past tense of dunka is dunkade (“jag dunkade”). The supine is dunkat, used in “jag har dunkat”.

What is the present tense of dunka?

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

Origin

Ultimately of imitative origin, possibly from or influenced by Old Norse dengja (“to beat”).

Nearby common words

dunka is number 7,322 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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7,324amulett amulet
7,325föröka to reproduce, to generate offspring
7,326ultraljud ultrasound

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