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räcka

be enough, last, pass, hold out

räcka as a verb

Meaning

be enough; last; pass; hold out; reach

In Swedish: sträcka ut

Conjugation

Conjugation of räcka (be enough)
Infinitive	att räcka	to be enough
Present	räcker	jag räcker
Past	räckte	jag räckte
Supine	räckt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har räckt	jag har räckt
Past perfect	hade räckt	jag hade räckt
Future	ska räcka	or: kommer att räcka
Conditional	skulle räcka	jag skulle räcka
Imperative	räck!	a command
Present participle	räckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	räckt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of räcka
Infinitive	räckas
Present	räcks
Past	räcktes
Supine	räckts

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 räcker. See the four verb groups explained.

räcka as a noun(en räcka)

Meaning

row; series

In Swedish: rad, följd

Forms

Forms of räcka
Singular, indefinite	en räcka
Singular, definite	räckan
Plural, indefinite	räckor
Plural, definite	räckorna

räcka is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor räcka, den stora räckan. Check another noun

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räcka in a sentence

Räck ut tungan!
Stick (put) out your tongue!
Räck upp händerna!
Put up your hands!
Räck mig saltet!
Pass me the salt, please!
jag räcker inte upp till översta hyllan
I can't reach the top shelf
pengarna räcker inte till
there is not enough money
Nu får det räcka med oförskämdheter!
Now that's enough of your insolence!
maten räcker inte till mer än fyra
the food will not be enough for more than four people
räcka upp handen
raise one's hand (by extension from stretching out one's arm)
en lång räcka händelser
a long series of events

Questions

What does räcka mean in English?

räcka means “be enough, last”.

Is it en räcka or ett räcka?

It is en räcka, and “the row” is räckan.

What is the plural of räcka?

The plural of räcka is räckor, and the definite plural is räckorna.

What is the past tense of räcka?

The past tense of räcka is räckte (“jag räckte”). The supine is räckt, used in “jag har räckt”.

What is the present tense of räcka?

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

Similar words

skicka

Origin

From Old Swedish rækkia, from Old Norse rekja, from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

Nearby common words

räcka is number 456 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

452sej oneself, pronunciation spelling of sig
453kände sensed
454vilka which ones, which, who, whom, what a; plural form of vilken
455skjuta shoot, fire
457hen A third-person singular pronoun of unspecified gender; they, thon; alternative to hon (“she”) and han (“he”).
458vacker beautiful
459bryr care
460mat food

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