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plocka

pick, gather, pluck/²plɔka/

Meaning

pick, gather; pluck

In Swedish: samla (ihop)

Conjugation

Conjugation of plocka (pick)
Infinitive	att plocka	to pick
Present	plockar	jag plockar
Past	plockade	jag plockade
Supine	plockat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har plockat	jag har plockat
Past perfect	hade plockat	jag hade plockat
Future	ska plocka	or: kommer att plocka
Conditional	skulle plocka	jag skulle plocka
Imperative	plocka!	a command
Present participle	plockande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	plockad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of plocka
Infinitive	plockas
Present	plockas
Past	plockades
Supine	plockats

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 plockar. See the four verb groups explained.

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plocka in a sentence

plocka blommor
pick flowers
laget plockade hem ytterligare ett par poäng
the team picked up a couple more points
plocka fram sina gamla skolböcker
get (take) out one's old schoolbooks
plocka upp kläderna från golvet
pick clothes up off the floor
plocka en höna
pluck a chicken
plocka ögonbrynen
pluck one's eyebrows
plocka isär
take apart, disassemble, dismantle
plocka upp något från golvet
pick something up from the floor

Questions

What does plocka mean in English?

plocka means “pick, gather, pluck”.

What is the past tense of plocka?

The past tense of plocka is plockade (“jag plockade”). The supine is plockat, used in “jag har plockat”.

What is the present tense of plocka?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish plokka, plukka, from Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *plukkōną.

Nearby common words

plocka is number 1,108 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,104medicin medicine
1,105överraskning surprise
1,106nervös nervous
1,107vägra refuse
1,109träd tree
1,110bill a share; the cutting blade of a plough
1,111valde chose, elected
1,112ledare leader, editorial

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