Swedish verb · noun· top 5,000 most common

hacka

mince, hack, cut, chop

hacka as a verb

Meaning

mince; hack; cut; chop; find fault with; pick on

In Swedish: bearbeta med hacka; sönderdela, göra hack

Conjugation

Conjugation of hacka (mince)
Infinitive	att hacka	to mince
Present	hackar	jag hackar
Past	hackade	jag hackade
Supine	hackat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hackat	jag har hackat
Past perfect	hade hackat	jag hade hackat
Future	ska hacka	or: kommer att hacka
Conditional	skulle hacka	jag skulle hacka
Imperative	hacka!	a command
Present participle	hackande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hackad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hacka
Infinitive	hackas
Present	hackas
Past	hackades
Supine	hackats

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 hackar. See the four verb groups explained.

hacka as a noun(en hacka)

Meaning

pick; pickaxe; a small sum of money

In Swedish: ett verktyg som används för att luckra upp jord etc

Forms

Forms of hacka
Singular, indefinite	en hacka
Singular, definite	hackan
Plural, indefinite	hackor
Plural, definite	hackorna

hacka is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor hacka, den stora hackan. Check another noun

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hacka in a sentence

hackad persilja
chopped parsley
hackad lök
chopped onion
Sluta hacka på honom bara för att han är annorlunda!
Stop picking on him just 'cause he's different!
hacka matrisen
hack the matrix
Mitt grafikkort är för segt, så spelet hackar
My graphics card is too slow, so the game stutters
tjäna en hacka
earn a bob or two

Questions

What does hacka mean in English?

hacka means “mince, hack”.

Is it en hacka or ett hacka?

It is en hacka, and “the pick” is hackan.

What is the plural of hacka?

The plural of hacka is hackor, and the definite plural is hackorna.

What is the past tense of hacka?

The past tense of hacka is hackade (“jag hackade”). The supine is hackat, used in “jag har hackat”.

What is the present tense of hacka?

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

Similar words

sönderdela

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish hakka, likely borrowed from Middle Low German hacken.

Nearby common words

hacka is number 2,002 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,998kalifornien California
1,999förneka deny
2,000sårad wounded, wounded, hurt
2,001plåga torture, torment
2,003befäl (person in) command, officer(s)
2,004tävling competition
2,005längs alongside, along
2,006servera serve, wait on

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