Swedish verb

kläcka

hatch

Meaning

hatch

In Swedish: få en (fågel)unge att bryta igenom skalet på ett ägg

Conjugation

Conjugation of kläcka (hatch)
Infinitive	att kläcka	to hatch
Present	kläcker	jag kläcker
Past	kläckte	jag kläckte
Supine	kläckt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kläckt	jag har kläckt
Past perfect	hade kläckt	jag hade kläckt
Future	ska kläcka	or: kommer att kläcka
Conditional	skulle kläcka	jag skulle kläcka
Imperative	kläck!	a command
Present participle	kläckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kläckt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kläcka
Infinitive	kläckas
Present	kläcks
Past	kläcktes
Supine	kläckts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use kläcker. See the four verb groups explained.

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kläcka in a sentence

kläcka en idé
hatch an idea

Questions

What does kläcka mean in English?

kläcka means “hatch”.

What is the past tense of kläcka?

The past tense of kläcka is kläckte (“jag kläckte”). The supine is kläckt, used in “jag har kläckt”.

What is the present tense of kläcka?

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

Origin

From Old Norse klekja.

Nearby common words

kläcka is number 8,488 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,484nysa sneeze
8,485befrielse release, exemption
8,486fångenskap imprisonment, captivity
8,487invigning opening, inauguration
8,489kringgå evade
8,490placering place
8,491plantage plantation
8,492regim regime, government

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