Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

knocka

knock out

Meaning

knock out

In Swedish: slå knockout

Conjugation

Conjugation of knocka (knock out)
Infinitive	att knocka	to knock out
Present	knockar	jag knockar
Past	knockade	jag knockade
Supine	knockat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har knockat	jag har knockat
Past perfect	hade knockat	jag hade knockat
Future	ska knocka	or: kommer att knocka
Conditional	skulle knocka	jag skulle knocka
Imperative	knocka!	a command
Present participle	knockande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	knockad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of knocka
Infinitive	knockas
Present	knockas
Past	knockades
Supine	knockats

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 knockar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

knocka in a sentence

Han knockades av en rak höger
He was knocked out by a straight right hand

Questions

What does knocka mean in English?

knocka means “knock out”.

What is the past tense of knocka?

The past tense of knocka is knockade (“jag knockade”). The supine is knockat, used in “jag har knockat”.

What is the present tense of knocka?

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

Origin

Borrowed from English knock.

Nearby common words

knocka is number 4,749 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,745vålnad ghost
4,746jämnt smooth, always
4,747ambition ambition
4,748avskum scum, dregs
4,750server server
4,751avsked leave-taking, discharge
4,752episod incident, episode
4,753resväska a suitcase, a travel bag

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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