Swedish verb

kröka

booze, bend, curve/²krøːka/

Meaning

booze; bend; curve

In Swedish: dricka sprit

Conjugation

Conjugation of kröka (booze)
Infinitive	att kröka	to booze
Present	kröker	jag kröker
Past	krökte	jag krökte
Supine	krökt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har krökt	jag har krökt
Past perfect	hade krökt	jag hade krökt
Future	ska kröka	or: kommer att kröka
Conditional	skulle kröka	jag skulle kröka
Imperative	krök!	a command
Present participle	krökande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	krökt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kröka
Infinitive	krökas
Present	kröks
Past	kröktes
Supine	krökts

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 kröker. See the four verb groups explained.

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kröka in a sentence

kröka ryggen
bend one's back
vägen kröker sig
the road curves
Vägen kröker sig åt höger.
The road curves to the right.

Questions

What does kröka mean in English?

kröka means “booze, bend”.

What is the past tense of kröka?

The past tense of kröka is krökte (“jag krökte”). The supine is krökt, used in “jag har krökt”.

What is the present tense of kröka?

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

Similar words

supaböja

Origin

From Old Swedish krø̄kia, equivalent to krok + -a.

Nearby common words

kröka is number 9,914 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,910motbevisa disprove, refute
9,911skuren cut; shorn
9,912larvig silly
9,913ägodel property, possession
9,915förbluffande mind blowing, baffling, astonishing
9,916broccoli broccoli
9,917förseelse misdemeanour, offence
9,918läggning disposition

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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