skänka
Meaning
give; grant; present
In Swedish: ge (bort)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att skänka | to give |
|---|---|---|
| Present | skänker | jag skänker |
| Past | skänkte | jag skänkte |
| Supine | skänkt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har skänkt | jag har skänkt |
| Past perfect | hade skänkt | jag hade skänkt |
| Future | ska skänka | or: kommer att skänka |
| Conditional | skulle skänka | jag skulle skänka |
| Imperative | skänk! | a command |
| Present participle | skänkande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | skänkt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | skänkas |
|---|---|
| Present | skänks |
| Past | skänktes |
| Supine | skänkts |
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 skänker. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise skänka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (skänka). Which is the past tense?
skänka in a sentence
- skänka pengar till kyrkangive money to the Church
Questions
What does skänka mean in English?
skänka means “give, grant”.
What is the past tense of skänka?
The past tense of skänka is skänkte (“jag skänkte”). The supine is skänkt, used in “jag har skänkt”.
What is the present tense of skänka?
skänker, the same for every person: jag skänker, du skänker, vi skänker.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish skænkia, from Middle Low German schenken, from Old Saxon skenkian, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną.
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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