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slicka

lick/²slɪkːa/

Meaning

lick

In Swedish: stryka med tungan över

Conjugation

Conjugation of slicka (lick)
Infinitive	att slicka	to lick
Present	slickar	jag slickar
Past	slickade	jag slickade
Supine	slickat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har slickat	jag har slickat
Past perfect	hade slickat	jag hade slickat
Future	ska slicka	or: kommer att slicka
Conditional	skulle slicka	jag skulle slicka
Imperative	slicka!	a command
Present participle	slickande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	slickad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of slicka
Infinitive	slickas
Present	slickas
Past	slickades
Supine	slickats

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 slickar. See the four verb groups explained.

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slicka in a sentence

slicka sig om munnen
lick one's lips

Expressions

slicka i sig ("belåtet ta åt sig") (beröm)
lap up ("contentedly accept") (praise)

Questions

What does slicka mean in English?

slicka means “lick”.

What is the past tense of slicka?

The past tense of slicka is slickade (“jag slickade”). The supine is slickat, used in “jag har slickat”.

What is the present tense of slicka?

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

Origin

From Middle Low German slicken, from Proto-Germanic *slikkōną.

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