dyka
Meaning
dive
In Swedish: störta sig el. hoppa med huvudet före (i vatten); simma under vatten
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att dyka | to dive |
|---|---|---|
| Present | dyker | jag dyker |
| Past | dök | jag dök |
| Supine | dykt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har dykt | jag har dykt |
| Past perfect | hade dykt | jag hade dykt |
| Future | ska dyka | or: kommer att dyka |
| Conditional | skulle dyka | jag skulle dyka |
| Imperative | dyk! | a command |
| Present participle | dykande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | dykt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | dykas |
|---|---|
| Present | dyks |
| Past | döks |
| Supine | dykts |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use dyker. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise dyka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (dyka). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does dyka mean in English?
dyka means “dive”.
What is the past tense of dyka?
The past tense of dyka is dök (“jag dök”). The supine is dykt, used in “jag har dykt”.
What is the present tense of dyka?
dyker, the same for every person: jag dyker, du dyker, vi dyker.
Similar words
Origin
From Middle Low German dūken *ducken, from Old Saxon *dūkan *dukkan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan.
Nearby common words
dyka is number 1,063 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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