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fiska

fish, go fishing

Meaning

fish, go fishing

In Swedish: (försöka) fånga fisk, meta

Conjugation

Conjugation of fiska (fish)
Infinitive	att fiska	to fish
Present	fiskar	jag fiskar
Past	fiskade	jag fiskade
Supine	fiskat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har fiskat	jag har fiskat
Past perfect	hade fiskat	jag hade fiskat
Future	ska fiska	or: kommer att fiska
Conditional	skulle fiska	jag skulle fiska
Imperative	fiska!	a command
Present participle	fiskande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	fiskad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of fiska
Infinitive	fiskas
Present	fiskas
Past	fiskades
Supine	fiskats

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 fiskar. See the four verb groups explained.

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fiska in a sentence

hon fiskar varje helg
she goes fishing every weekend

Questions

What does fiska mean in English?

fiska means “fish, go fishing”.

What is the past tense of fiska?

The past tense of fiska is fiskade (“jag fiskade”). The supine is fiskat, used in “jag har fiskat”.

What is the present tense of fiska?

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

Similar words

luska

Origin

From Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną.

Nearby common words

fiska is number 2,136 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,132rep rope, rehearsal
2,133stinka stink
2,134snygga tidy [oneself] up, smarten up, make presentable
2,135tålamod patience
2,137tystnad silence
2,138bytt changed, swapped
2,139skrek cried, called out
2,140cykel bicycle, cycle

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary