Swedish verb · noun

skena

run away, bolt

skena as a verb

Meaning

run away; bolt

In Swedish: rusa okontrollerat

Conjugation

Conjugation of skena (run away)
Infinitive	att skena	to run away
Present	skenar	jag skenar
Past	skenade	jag skenade
Supine	skenat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skenat	jag har skenat
Past perfect	hade skenat	jag hade skenat
Future	ska skena	or: kommer att skena
Conditional	skulle skena	jag skulle skena
Imperative	skena!	a command
Present participle	skenande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skena
Infinitive	skenas
Present	skenas
Past	skenades
Supine	skenats

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 skenar. See the four verb groups explained.

skena as a noun(en skena)

Meaning

rail; strip

In Swedish: långt och smalt (metall)stycke på vilket något glider

Forms

Forms of skena
Singular, indefinite	en skena
Singular, definite	skenan
Plural, indefinite	skenor
Plural, definite	skenorna

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

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skena in a sentence

hästen skenade
the horse bolted
tiden skenar iväg
time flies
Priserna skenar.
Prices are soaring.
tåget går på skenor
trains run on rails

Questions

What does skena mean in English?

skena means “run away, bolt”.

Is it en skena or ett skena?

It is en skena, and “the rail” is skenan.

What is the plural of skena?

The plural of skena is skenor, and the definite plural is skenorna.

What is the past tense of skena?

The past tense of skena is skenade (“jag skenade”). The supine is skenat, used in “jag har skenat”.

What is the present tense of skena?

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

Similar words

rusa

Origin

From Old Swedish skena, from Middle Low German schene, from Old Saxon scina, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō.

Nearby common words

skena is number 9,741 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,737nuläge present situation
9,738växthus a greenhouse (building in which plants are grown faster than outside)
9,739teoretisk theoretical
9,740schas shoo (go away!)
9,742ovana unaccustomedness, bad habit
9,743skadlig harmful, injurious
9,744gående passant (of a lion, etc.)
9,745rättare a foreman on a large farm

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