Swedish verb

smycka

decorate, embellish, ornament, adorn

Meaning

decorate; embellish; ornament; adorn

In Swedish: förse med utsmyckning, dekorera

Conjugation

Conjugation of smycka (decorate)
Infinitive	att smycka	to decorate
Present	smyckar	jag smyckar
Past	smyckade	jag smyckade
Supine	smyckat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har smyckat	jag har smyckat
Past perfect	hade smyckat	jag hade smyckat
Future	ska smycka	or: kommer att smycka
Conditional	skulle smycka	jag skulle smycka
Imperative	smycka!	a command
Present participle	smyckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	smyckad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of smycka
Infinitive	smyckas
Present	smyckas
Past	smyckades
Supine	smyckats

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 smyckar. See the four verb groups explained.

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smycka in a sentence

smyckad med blommor
decorated with flowers

Questions

What does smycka mean in English?

smycka means “decorate, embellish”.

What is the past tense of smycka?

The past tense of smycka is smyckade (“jag smyckade”). The supine is smyckat, used in “jag har smyckat”.

What is the present tense of smycka?

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

Similar words

prydadekorera

Nearby common words

smycka is number 6,217 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,213odal of inherited (land) property rights (of the noun); allodial, especially from time immemorial
6,214sup dram, glass of snaps
6,215tempo rate, pace
6,216ambitiös ambitious
6,218ogift unmarried
6,219läggdags bedtime
6,220hare hare
6,221böj bend

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