nacka
Meaning
behead
In Swedish: hugga el. vrida huvudet av
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att nacka | to behead |
|---|---|---|
| Present | nackar | jag nackar |
| Past | nackade | jag nackade |
| Supine | nackat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har nackat | jag har nackat |
| Past perfect | hade nackat | jag hade nackat |
| Future | ska nacka | or: kommer att nacka |
| Conditional | skulle nacka | jag skulle nacka |
| Imperative | nacka! | a command |
| Present participle | nackande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | nackad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | nackas |
|---|---|
| Present | nackas |
| Past | nackades |
| Supine | nackats |
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 nackar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise nacka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (nacka). Which is the past tense?
nacka in a sentence
- nacka en hönachop (twist) a hen's head off, wring a hen's neck
Questions
What does nacka mean in English?
nacka means “behead”.
What is the past tense of nacka?
The past tense of nacka is nackade (“jag nackade”). The supine is nackat, used in “jag har nackat”.
What is the present tense of nacka?
nackar, the same for every person: jag nackar, du nackar, vi nackar.
Origin
From nacke (“neck”) + -a.
Nearby common words
nacka is number 3,892 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 3,888torped torpedo
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- 3,890skottlossning shooting (discharge of bullet from firearm)
- 3,891återhämta to recover
- 3,893knep pinched; won, obtained
- 3,894bingo bingo (when claiming a win in bingo), bingo (you got it!)
- 3,895härmed with this (these, etc.); hereby; herewith
- 3,896korka to seal with a cork
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