slinka
Meaning
slip; slink; steal
In Swedish: smita
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att slinka | to slip |
|---|---|---|
| Present | slinker | jag slinker |
| Past | slank | jag slank |
| Supine | slunkit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har slunkit | jag har slunkit |
| Past perfect | hade slunkit | jag hade slunkit |
| Future | ska slinka | or: kommer att slinka |
| Conditional | skulle slinka | jag skulle slinka |
| Imperative | slink! | a command |
| Present participle | slinkande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | slunken | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | slinkas |
|---|---|
| Present | slinks |
| Past | slanks |
| Supine | slunkits |
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 slinker. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise slinka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (slinka). Which is the past tense?
slinka in a sentence
- vi slank in på en restaurangwe popped into a restaurant
- Illern slank in under soffanThe ferret slipped in under the couch
- Han slank in i köket och åt en kaka medan de var ute och hämtade postenHe slipped into the kitchen and ate a cookie while they were out getting the mail
- Det bara slank ur mig, och jag ångrade mig genastIt just slipped out [of me], and I immediately regretted it
- En ekorre slank med på bildenA squirrel slipped into the picture
Questions
What does slinka mean in English?
slinka means “slip, slink”.
What is the past tense of slinka?
The past tense of slinka is slank (“jag slank”). The supine is slunkit, used in “jag har slunkit”.
What is the present tense of slinka?
slinker, the same for every person: jag slinker, du slinker, vi slinker.
Origin
From Old Swedish slinka, from Middle Low German slinken, from Old Saxon *slinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *slinkan, from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną.
Nearby common words
slinka is number 7,697 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,692återförening reunion
- 7,693däråt that way, thitherward, like that ("towards that")
- 7,694got Goth (member of the ancient group of peoples)
- 7,695justitieminister minister of justice, justice minister, minister for justice
- 7,698kryptera encrypt
- 7,699ihågkommen remembered
- 7,700tillväxt growth
- 7,701bussig decent, nice
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