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rycka

pull, snatch, tug

Meaning

pull; snatch; tug

In Swedish: hastigt dra ur läge

Conjugation

Conjugation of rycka (pull)
Infinitive	att rycka	to pull
Present	rycker	jag rycker
Past	ryckte	jag ryckte
Supine	ryckt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ryckt	jag har ryckt
Past perfect	hade ryckt	jag hade ryckt
Future	ska rycka	or: kommer att rycka
Conditional	skulle rycka	jag skulle rycka
Imperative	ryck!	a command
Present participle	ryckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ryckt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rycka
Infinitive	ryckas
Present	rycks
Past	rycktes
Supine	ryckts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use rycker. See the four verb groups explained.

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rycka in a sentence

rycka upp ogräs
pull out weeds
rycka loss ett hårstrå
pull out [loose] a hair
rycka i startsnöret till gräsklipparen
pull the starter cord of the lawnmower
rycka tag i någon
snatch a hold of someone
Det ryckte i hans arm
His arm was twitching
rycka i ögat
have an eye twitch
Han ryckte till
He flinched [twitched till (expresses a sudden and brief action)]
Soldaterna ryckte fram i skydd av mörkret
The soldiers advanced under cover of darkness [pulled forth in protection of the darkness]

Expressions

ryckas med
be carried away
rycka upp sig
pull oneself together
rycka på axlarna
shrug one's shoulders

Questions

What does rycka mean in English?

rycka means “pull, snatch”.

What is the past tense of rycka?

The past tense of rycka is ryckte (“jag ryckte”). The supine is ryckt, used in “jag har ryckt”.

What is the present tense of rycka?

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

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish rykka, rykkia, from Old Norse rykkja, from Proto-Germanic *rukkijaną.

Nearby common words

rycka is number 3,229 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,225klanta to blunder; to mess up, to be "klutzy" (in an extended sense that includes being klutzy in non-physical ways)
3,226intill beside, next to
3,227investera invest
3,228förtjusande charming
3,230tjalla squeal [on sby]
3,231röva rob, steal
3,232intern internal
3,233ruta square, pane

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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