nicka
Meaning
nod
In Swedish: böja lätt på huvudet (som hälsning, bekräftelse el. tecken på trötthet)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att nicka | to nod |
|---|---|---|
| Present | nickar | jag nickar |
| Past | nickade | jag nickade |
| Supine | nickat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har nickat | jag har nickat |
| Past perfect | hade nickat | jag hade nickat |
| Future | ska nicka | or: kommer att nicka |
| Conditional | skulle nicka | jag skulle nicka |
| Imperative | nicka! | a command |
| Present participle | nickande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | nickad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | nickas |
|---|---|
| Present | nickas |
| Past | nickades |
| Supine | nickats |
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 nickar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise nicka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (nicka). Which is the past tense?
nicka in a sentence
- nicka åt en bekantnod to an acquaintance
- nicka instämmandenod in agreement
- nicka målhead the ball into goal
- nicka bollen i målhead the ball into the goal
Questions
What does nicka mean in English?
nicka means “nod”.
What is the past tense of nicka?
The past tense of nicka is nickade (“jag nickade”). The supine is nickat, used in “jag har nickat”.
What is the present tense of nicka?
nickar, the same for every person: jag nickar, du nickar, vi nickar.
Origin
From Middle Low German nicken, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *hnīgan (“to bow”).
Nearby common words
nicka is number 4,721 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 4,718instängd confined in a space; confined, trapped, shut in, shut up, cooped up, etc., stuffy (of (the air in) a space)
- 4,719kärnvapen nuclear weapon, Nuclear weapons
- 4,720gripande touching, poignant
- 4,722astronaut astronaut
- 4,723stege ladder
- 4,725påpeka point out
- 4,726utvecklad developed
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