Swedish verb

huka

to go down into or be in a (half) sitting position; to squat, to crouch

Meaning

to go down into or be in a (half) sitting position; to squat, to crouch

Conjugation

Conjugation of huka (go down into or be in a)
Infinitive	att huka	to go down into or be in a
Present	hukar	jag hukar
Past	hukade	jag hukade
Supine	hukat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hukat	jag har hukat
Past perfect	hade hukat	jag hade hukat
Future	ska huka	or: kommer att huka
Conditional	skulle huka	jag skulle huka
Imperative	huka!	a command
Present participle	hukande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hukad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of huka
Infinitive	hukas
Present	hukas
Past	hukades
Supine	hukats

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 hukar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (huka). Which is the past tense?

huka in a sentence

Han hukade sig
He crouched down

Questions

What does huka mean in English?

huka means “to go down into or be in a (half) sitting position; to squat, to crouch”.

What is the past tense of huka?

The past tense of huka is hukade (“jag hukade”). The supine is hukat, used in “jag har hukat”.

What is the present tense of huka?

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

Origin

Inherited from Old Norse húka.

Nearby common words

huka is number 8,585 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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8,587ohövlig rude
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary