kicka
Meaning
kick, fire, [give the] sack [to]
In Swedish: sparka
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att kicka | to kick |
|---|---|---|
| Present | kickar | jag kickar |
| Past | kickade | jag kickade |
| Supine | kickat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har kickat | jag har kickat |
| Past perfect | hade kickat | jag hade kickat |
| Future | ska kicka | or: kommer att kicka |
| Conditional | skulle kicka | jag skulle kicka |
| Imperative | kicka! | a command |
| Present participle | kickande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | kickad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | kickas |
|---|---|
| Present | kickas |
| Past | kickades |
| Supine | kickats |
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 kickar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise kicka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (kicka). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does kicka mean in English?
kicka means “kick, fire, [give the] sack [to]”.
What is the past tense of kicka?
The past tense of kicka is kickade (“jag kickade”). The supine is kickat, used in “jag har kickat”.
What is the present tense of kicka?
kickar, the same for every person: jag kickar, du kickar, vi kickar.
Origin
Borrowed from English kick, originally as football/soccer slang, probably from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”), from Proto-Germanic *kaik-, *kaikaz (“bent backwards”).
Nearby common words
kicka is number 6,117 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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