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knacka

knock

Meaning

knock

In Swedish: slå med korta slag

Conjugation

Conjugation of knacka (knock)
Infinitive	att knacka	to knock
Present	knackar	jag knackar
Past	knackade	jag knackade
Supine	knackat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har knackat	jag har knackat
Past perfect	hade knackat	jag hade knackat
Future	ska knacka	or: kommer att knacka
Conditional	skulle knacka	jag skulle knacka
Imperative	knacka!	a command
Present participle	knackande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	knackad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of knacka
Infinitive	knackas
Present	knackas
Past	knackades
Supine	knackats

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 knackar. See the four verb groups explained.

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knacka in a sentence

motorn knackar
the motor is knocking
det knackar på dörren
someone's knocking at the door

Questions

What does knacka mean in English?

knacka means “knock”.

What is the past tense of knacka?

The past tense of knacka is knackade (“jag knackade”). The supine is knackat, used in “jag har knackat”.

What is the present tense of knacka?

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

Similar words

banka

Origin

Probably ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”).

Nearby common words

knacka is number 2,100 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,096pund pound
2,097stuga cottage, cabin
2,098gratulerar congratulations!
2,099helga to hallow, to keep holy, to sanctify
2,101snuten the police (considered collectively)
2,102olycklig unhappy, unfortunate
2,103morfar a mother's father; a maternal grandfather
2,104åratal years (a long period of time)

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary