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lyckas

succeed

Meaning

succeed

In Swedish: ha lycka el. framgång; klara av (att)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lyckas (succeed)
Infinitive	att lyckas	to succeed
Present	lyckas	jag lyckas
Past	lyckades	jag lyckades
Supine	lyckats	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lyckats	jag har lyckats
Past perfect	hade lyckats	jag hade lyckats
Future	ska lyckas	or: kommer att lyckas
Conditional	skulle lyckas	jag skulle lyckas
Imperative	lyckas!	a command

lyckas is a deponent verb: it ends in -s in every form but has an active meaning, so it has no separate passive. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use lyckas. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does lyckas mean?

lyckas in a sentence

han lyckas med allt
he succeeds at everything
hon lyckades få upp dörren
she succeeded in opening the door
Vi lyckades göra det
We managed to do it
Det lyckades
It succeeded

Questions

What does lyckas mean in English?

lyckas means “succeed”.

What is the past tense of lyckas?

The past tense of lyckas is lyckades (“jag lyckades”). The supine is lyckats, used in “jag har lyckats”.

What is the present tense of lyckas?

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

Similar words

förmånå målet

Nearby common words

lyckas is number 634 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

630smart sly, sharp
631jaha oh; yes, all right
632viktigt importantly
633lugna calm
635the alternative spelling of te (tea)
636satt sat
637varsågod here you are
638tyvärr unfortunately

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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