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koka

boil/²kuːka/

koka as a verb

Meaning

boil

In Swedish: upphetta till kokpunkten

Conjugation

Conjugation of koka (boil)
Infinitive	att koka	to boil
Present	kokar	jag kokar
Past	kokade	jag kokade
Supine	kokat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kokat	jag har kokat
Past perfect	hade kokat	jag hade kokat
Future	ska koka	or: kommer att koka
Conditional	skulle koka	jag skulle koka
Imperative	koka!	a command
Present participle	kokande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kokad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of koka
Infinitive	kokas
Present	kokas
Past	kokades
Supine	kokats

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 kokar. See the four verb groups explained.

koka as a noun(en koka)

Meaning

a clod (of earth or clay)

Forms

Forms of koka
Singular, indefinite	en koka
Singular, definite	kokan
Plural, indefinite	kokor
Plural, definite	kokorna

koka is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor koka, den stora kokan. Check another noun

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koka in a sentence

kokt fisk
boiled fish
koka kaffe
boil coffee
koka av ilska
be boiling with rage
vattnet kokar
the water is boiling
vattnet började koka
the water started to boil
Kocken började koka ärtorna
The chef started to boil the peas
tugga kokablad
chew coca leaves

Words built with koka

kokplatta burner, hotplate

Questions

What does koka mean in English?

koka means “boil”.

Is it en koka or ett koka?

It is en koka, and “the a clod” is kokan.

What is the plural of koka?

The plural of koka is kokor, and the definite plural is kokorna.

What is the past tense of koka?

The past tense of koka is kokade (“jag kokade”). The supine is kokat, used in “jag har kokat”.

What is the present tense of koka?

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

Similar words

sjuda

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German kôken, from Old Saxon *kokōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn.

Nearby common words

koka is number 2,614 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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2,611ställning position, status
2,612besökare caller, visitor
2,613bluff bluff
2,615fortsatt continued
2,616mista lose, do without
2,617slogs fought
2,618haj shark

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