Swedish verb

dyrka

pick, idolize

Meaning

pick; idolize

In Swedish: öppna med dyrk

Conjugation

Conjugation of dyrka (pick)
Infinitive	att dyrka	to pick
Present	dyrkar	jag dyrkar
Past	dyrkade	jag dyrkade
Supine	dyrkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har dyrkat	jag har dyrkat
Past perfect	hade dyrkat	jag hade dyrkat
Future	ska dyrka	or: kommer att dyrka
Conditional	skulle dyrka	jag skulle dyrka
Imperative	dyrka!	a command
Present participle	dyrkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	dyrkad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of dyrka
Infinitive	dyrkas
Present	dyrkas
Past	dyrkades
Supine	dyrkats

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 dyrkar. See the four verb groups explained.

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dyrka in a sentence

tjuven dyrkar upp låset
the thief is picking the lock
dyrka olika gudar
worship different gods
han dyrkar sin fru
he adores his wife
Han dyrkar Zlatan.
He idolizes Zlatan.

Questions

What does dyrka mean in English?

dyrka means “pick, idolize”.

What is the past tense of dyrka?

The past tense of dyrka is dyrkade (“jag dyrkade”). The supine is dyrkat, used in “jag har dyrkat”.

What is the present tense of dyrka?

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

Similar words

avguda

Origin

From Old Swedish dyrka, from Old Norse dýrka, equivalent to dyr + -a.

Nearby common words

dyrka is number 5,848 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,844stupa fall down, drop
5,845klumpig clumsy
5,846avtryckare trigger
5,847romantik romance
5,849bus mischief
5,850fjärrkontroll a remote control, a remote, remote control (of something)
5,851infektera to infect, infector
5,852pinsam awkward

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