Swedish verb

fjäska

fawn on, suck up to

Meaning

fawn on; suck up to

In Swedish: krusa, smickra, ställa sig in

Conjugation

Conjugation of fjäska (fawn on)
Infinitive	att fjäska	to fawn on
Present	fjäskar	jag fjäskar
Past	fjäskade	jag fjäskade
Supine	fjäskat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har fjäskat	jag har fjäskat
Past perfect	hade fjäskat	jag hade fjäskat
Future	ska fjäska	or: kommer att fjäska
Conditional	skulle fjäska	jag skulle fjäska
Imperative	fjäska!	a command
Present participle	fjäskande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of fjäska
Infinitive	fjäskas
Present	fjäskas
Past	fjäskades
Supine	fjäskats

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 fjäskar. See the four verb groups explained.

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fjäska in a sentence

att fjäska för någon
to suck up to someone
fjäska för barnen
pamper the kids

Questions

What does fjäska mean in English?

fjäska means “fawn on, suck up to”.

What is the past tense of fjäska?

The past tense of fjäska is fjäskade (“jag fjäskade”). The supine is fjäskat, used in “jag har fjäskat”.

What is the present tense of fjäska?

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

Similar words

rövslickasmöra

Origin

Derived from the verb fjäsa.

Nearby common words

fjäska is number 8,020 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,016valpa whelp
8,017överfalla attack, assault
8,018respektlös respectless, disrespectful
8,019begåvning aptitude, talent
8,021försäkran assurance
8,022ravin ravine
8,024snigel slug, snail
8,025sota sweep, decarbonize

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