mucka
Meaning
grumble; demob, demobilize
In Swedish: bråka, protestera
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att mucka | to grumble |
|---|---|---|
| Present | muckar | jag muckar |
| Past | muckade | jag muckade |
| Supine | muckat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har muckat | jag har muckat |
| Past perfect | hade muckat | jag hade muckat |
| Future | ska mucka | or: kommer att mucka |
| Conditional | skulle mucka | jag skulle mucka |
| Imperative | mucka! | a command |
| Present participle | muckande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | muckad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | muckas |
|---|---|
| Present | muckas |
| Past | muckades |
| Supine | muckats |
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 muckar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise mucka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (mucka). Which is the past tense?
mucka in a sentence
- han hjälpte till utan att muckahe helped without grumbling
- mucka grälpick a quarrel
Questions
What does mucka mean in English?
mucka means “grumble, demob, demobilize”.
What is the past tense of mucka?
The past tense of mucka is muckade (“jag muckade”). The supine is muckat, used in “jag har muckat”.
What is the present tense of mucka?
muckar, the same for every person: jag muckar, du muckar, vi muckar.
Origin
Probably from Middle Low German mucken (“to grouse, to grumble”), of onomatopoeic origin.
Nearby common words
mucka is number 6,727 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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