Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

kika

peep, peek/ˈɕiːˌka/

Meaning

peep; peek

In Swedish: titta (i smyg), spana

Conjugation

Conjugation of kika (peep)
Infinitive	att kika	to peep
Present	kikar	jag kikar
Past	kikade	jag kikade
Supine	kikat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kikat	jag har kikat
Past perfect	hade kikat	jag hade kikat
Future	ska kika	or: kommer att kika
Conditional	skulle kika	jag skulle kika
Imperative	kika!	a command
Present participle	kikande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kika
Infinitive	kikas
Present	kikas
Past	kikades
Supine	kikats

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 kikar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

kika in a sentence

kika i nyckelhålet
peek through the keyhole

Questions

What does kika mean in English?

kika means “peep, peek”.

What is the past tense of kika?

The past tense of kika is kikade (“jag kikade”). The supine is kikat, used in “jag har kikat”.

What is the present tense of kika?

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

Similar words

tittkollatittaspana

Origin

From Middle Low German kîken.

Nearby common words

kika is number 4,292 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,288lurad fooled
4,289kass worthless, useless
4,290vardagsrum living room
4,291hona female
4,293promenera walk
4,294borsta brush
4,295modiga courageous
4,296därmed thus, with that

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