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peka

point/peːka/

Meaning

point

In Swedish: visa (med fingret)

Conjugation

Conjugation of peka (point)
Infinitive	att peka	to point
Present	pekar	jag pekar
Past	pekade	jag pekade
Supine	pekat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har pekat	jag har pekat
Past perfect	hade pekat	jag hade pekat
Future	ska peka	or: kommer att peka
Conditional	skulle peka	jag skulle peka
Imperative	peka!	a command
Present participle	pekande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of peka
Infinitive	pekas
Present	pekas
Past	pekades
Supine	pekats

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 pekar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (peka). Which is the past tense?

peka in a sentence

allt pekar på att vi måste spara energi
everything points to our having to save energy
"Där bor han", sa hon och pekade på huset.
"He lives there", she said, and pointed to the house
gå dit näsan pekar
follow one's nose
Han pekade på elefanten
He pointed at the elephant
Han pekade mot huset
He pointed towards the house
Det är fult att peka
It's rude to point

Words built with peka

pekpinne pointer
pekbok children's picture book

Questions

What does peka mean in English?

peka means “point”.

What is the past tense of peka?

The past tense of peka is pekade (“jag pekade”). The supine is pekat, used in “jag har pekat”.

What is the present tense of peka?

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

Origin

Compare Danish pege and Norwegian Nynorsk peika.

Nearby common words

peka is number 1,902 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,898flög flew
1,899givetvis naturally, of course
1,900polare mate, pal
1,901frid peace
1,903mask worm, mask
1,904franska French, French bread
1,905lust inclination, content
1,906jacka jacket

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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