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halka

slip

halka as a verb

Meaning

slip

In Swedish: förlora fotfästet för att underlaget är glatt

Conjugation

Conjugation of halka (slip)
Infinitive	att halka	to slip
Present	halkar	jag halkar
Past	halkade	jag halkade
Supine	halkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har halkat	jag har halkat
Past perfect	hade halkat	jag hade halkat
Future	ska halka	or: kommer att halka
Conditional	skulle halka	jag skulle halka
Imperative	halka!	a command
Present participle	halkande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of halka
Infinitive	halkas
Present	halkas
Past	halkades
Supine	halkats

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 halkar. See the four verb groups explained.

halka as a noun(en halka)

Meaning

slipperiness

In Swedish: halt väglag

Forms

Forms of halka
Singular, indefinite	en halka
Singular, definite	halkan
Plural, indefinite	halkor
Plural, definite	halkorna

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

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halka in a sentence

halka omkull i snön
fall down in the snow
halka efter i konkurrensen
fall behind one's competitors
Han halkade på det våta golvet
He slipped on the wet floor
varning för svår halka
(road) very slippery, (roads) may be slippery!
Vi varnar för halka
We're issuing a warning for slippery road conditions

Words built with halka

halkvarning icy roads warning
halkolycka accident owing to icy conditions

Questions

What does halka mean in English?

halka means “slip”.

Is it en halka or ett halka?

It is en halka, and “the slipperiness” is halkan.

What is the plural of halka?

The plural of halka is halkor, and the definite plural is halkorna.

What is the past tense of halka?

The past tense of halka is halkade (“jag halkade”). The supine is halkat, used in “jag har halkat”.

What is the present tense of halka?

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

Similar words

slinta

Origin

From hal (“slippery”).

Nearby common words

halka is number 4,577 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,573effektivt effective, efficient
4,574skatta estimate; esteem, value, pay taxes
4,575isa to ice (cool with ice)
4,576debatt debate
4,578smula scrap, crumb
4,579lämpligt appropriate
4,580avliden fallen
4,581brasa bonfire, fire

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