Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

käka

eat/²ɕɛːˌka/

Meaning

eat

In Swedish: äta

Conjugation

Conjugation of käka (eat)
Infinitive	att käka	to eat
Present	käkar	jag käkar
Past	käkade	jag käkade
Supine	käkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har käkat	jag har käkat
Past perfect	hade käkat	jag hade käkat
Future	ska käka	or: kommer att käka
Conditional	skulle käka	jag skulle käka
Imperative	käka!	a command
Present participle	käkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	käkad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of käka
Infinitive	käkas
Present	käkas
Past	käkades
Supine	käkats

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 käkar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise käka

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

käka in a sentence

käka middag
have supper
käka hamburgare
eat hamburgers
Vi ska käka middag
We're going to have dinner

Questions

What does käka mean in English?

käka means “eat”.

What is the past tense of käka?

The past tense of käka is käkade (“jag käkade”). The supine is käkat, used in “jag har käkat”.

What is the present tense of käka?

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

Similar words

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Origin

Derives from dialectal keka, which entered Stockholm slang, and since Stockholm dialect traditionally merged the ä-sound and e-sound, keka was reanalysed as käka, likely due to the influence of käke (“jaw”).

Nearby common words

käka is number 3,548 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,544gula yolk
3,545stånd state, condition
3,546bilolycka car accident
3,547överdriva exaggerate
3,549söder south
3,550tränad trained
3,551lada barn
3,552obehaglig unpleasant

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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