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ryka

smoke, be lost

Meaning

smoke; be lost

In Swedish: sända ut rök

Conjugation

Conjugation of ryka (smoke)
Infinitive	att ryka	to smoke
Present	ryker	jag ryker
Past	rök	jag rök
Supine	rykit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har rykit	jag har rykit
Past perfect	hade rykit	jag hade rykit
Future	ska ryka	or: kommer att ryka
Conditional	skulle ryka	jag skulle ryka
Imperative	ryk!	a command
Present participle	rykande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ryka
Infinitive	rykas
Present	ryks
Past	röks
Supine	rykits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use ryker. See the four verb groups explained.

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ryka in a sentence

i rykande storm
in a raging storm
det ryker ur skorstenen
the chimney is smoking
Där rök den sista 100-lappen!
There goes my last 100 krona note!
Där rykte ratten.. Och där rök seglet..
There goes the steering wheel.. And there went the sail..

Questions

What does ryka mean in English?

ryka means “smoke, be lost”.

What is the past tense of ryka?

The past tense of ryka is rök (“jag rök”). The supine is rykit, used in “jag har rykit”.

What is the present tense of ryka?

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

Similar words

bolmaosa

Origin

From Old Swedish riūka, from Old Norse rjúka, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną.

Nearby common words

ryka is number 4,368 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,364trea three, third
4,365snubbla trip, stumble
4,366kyrkogård a cemetery, a graveyard
4,367stunda approach, draw near
4,369giva dated form of ge (“to give”)
4,370like equal
4,371tuffing rough customer
4,372ankomst arrival

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