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skrika

scream, call out, cry, shriek

skrika as a verb

Meaning

scream; call out; cry; shriek; shout; bawl

In Swedish: ge ifrån sig skrik

Conjugation

Conjugation of skrika (scream)
Infinitive	att skrika	to scream
Present	skriker	jag skriker
Past	skrek	jag skrek
Supine	skrikit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skrikit	jag har skrikit
Past perfect	hade skrikit	jag hade skrikit
Future	ska skrika	or: kommer att skrika
Conditional	skulle skrika	jag skulle skrika
Imperative	skrik!	a command
Present participle	skrikande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skriken	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skrika
Infinitive	skrikas
Present	skriks
Past	skreks
Supine	skrikits

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 skriker. See the four verb groups explained.

skrika as a noun(en skrika)

Meaning

a jay (bird)

Forms

Forms of skrika
Singular, indefinite	en skrika
Singular, definite	skrikan
Plural, indefinite	skrikor
Plural, definite	skrikorna

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

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skrika in a sentence

publiken gapade och skrek
the spectators shouted and screamed
pappan skällde och ungen skrek
the father cursed and the baby screamed
Varför skriker du?
Why are you shouting?

Questions

What does skrika mean in English?

skrika means “scream, call out”.

Is it en skrika or ett skrika?

It is en skrika, and “the a jay” is skrikan.

What is the plural of skrika?

The plural of skrika is skrikor, and the definite plural is skrikorna.

What is the past tense of skrika?

The past tense of skrika is skrek (“jag skrek”). The supine is skrikit, used in “jag har skrikit”.

What is the present tense of skrika?

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

Similar words

brölagalagormagastavråla

Origin

From Old Norse skríkja, from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną.

Nearby common words

skrika is number 1,177 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,173dessutom besides, moreover
1,174van used to
1,175tecken sign, character
1,176gravid pregnant
1,178stiftsstad A see city, an episcopal see; a city that is the seat of a bishop.
1,179extra extra
1,180evig eternal, persistent, never-ending, everlasting
1,181öra ear

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