Swedish verb

pricka

censure, hit

Meaning

censure; hit

In Swedish: ge en anmärkning

Conjugation

Conjugation of pricka (censure)
Infinitive	att pricka	to censure
Present	prickar	jag prickar
Past	prickade	jag prickade
Supine	prickat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har prickat	jag har prickat
Past perfect	hade prickat	jag hade prickat
Future	ska pricka	or: kommer att pricka
Conditional	skulle pricka	jag skulle pricka
Imperative	pricka!	a command
Present participle	prickande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	prickad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of pricka
Infinitive	prickas
Present	prickas
Past	prickades
Supine	prickats

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 prickar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise pricka

1 / 2

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

pricka in a sentence

läkaren prickades för tjänstefel
the doctor was censured for professional misconduct
pricka en måltavla
hit the target
Skotten prickade måltavlan
The shots hit the shooting target
att pricka (ut) en farled
to mark a safe water route
att pricka (ut) ett grund
to mark a shallow
en prickad linje
a dotted line

Words built with pricka

prickskytt sharpshooter, sniper

Questions

What does pricka mean in English?

pricka means “censure, hit”.

What is the past tense of pricka?

The past tense of pricka is prickade (“jag prickade”). The supine is prickat, used in “jag har prickat”.

What is the present tense of pricka?

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

Similar words

träffa

Origin

prick (“dot”) + -a

Nearby common words

pricka is number 6,442 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,438bunt bunch, bundle
6,439lira play
6,440streck stroke, line
6,441beskjuten shelled, shot at, fired upon
6,443formell formal
6,444förtrollad enchanted
6,446pir pier
6,447förutsägbar predictable (able to be predicted; easy to predict)

Start today, free

Learn pricka in real Swedish, free

Words stick when you hear them used. Complete Swedish Season 1 is 49 short video lessons with a synced transcript, free on the site with no account. A free account saves words like pricka to your library and quizzes you on them, plus 7 days of the AI tutor and speaking practice when you confirm your email.

Season 1 free in full: 49 lessons
Synced transcript with English translations
7-day free trial of the AI tutor and speaking practice
Members get the latest season and every new course

Watch lesson 1 free Create a free account

Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary