slakta
Meaning
kill; strip [down]; slaughter; cannibalize; butcher
In Swedish: döda husdjur till mat
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att slakta | to kill |
|---|---|---|
| Present | slaktar | jag slaktar |
| Past | slaktade | jag slaktade |
| Supine | slaktat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har slaktat | jag har slaktat |
| Past perfect | hade slaktat | jag hade slaktat |
| Future | ska slakta | or: kommer att slakta |
| Conditional | skulle slakta | jag skulle slakta |
| Imperative | slakta! | a command |
| Present participle | slaktande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | slaktad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | slaktas |
|---|---|
| Present | slaktas |
| Past | slaktades |
| Supine | slaktats |
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 slaktar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise slakta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (slakta). Which is the past tense?
slakta in a sentence
- bilen var slaktadthe car had been completely stripped
Questions
What does slakta mean in English?
slakta means “kill, strip [down]”.
What is the past tense of slakta?
The past tense of slakta is slaktade (“jag slaktade”). The supine is slaktat, used in “jag har slaktat”.
What is the present tense of slakta?
slaktar, the same for every person: jag slaktar, du slaktar, vi slaktar.
Origin
From Middle Low German slachten, though Swedish had its own cognate word for "slaughter", a descendant of Old Norse slátra.
Nearby common words
slakta is number 2,861 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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