Swedish verb

snarka

snore

Meaning

snore

In Swedish: andas ljudligt och snörvlande i sömnen

Conjugation

Conjugation of snarka (snore)
Infinitive	att snarka	to snore
Present	snarkar	jag snarkar
Past	snarkade	jag snarkade
Supine	snarkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har snarkat	jag har snarkat
Past perfect	hade snarkat	jag hade snarkat
Future	ska snarka	or: kommer att snarka
Conditional	skulle snarka	jag skulle snarka
Imperative	snarka!	a command
Present participle	snarkande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of snarka
Infinitive	snarkas
Present	snarkas
Past	snarkades
Supine	snarkats

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 snarkar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Questions

What does snarka mean in English?

snarka means “snore”.

What is the past tense of snarka?

The past tense of snarka is snarkade (“jag snarkade”). The supine is snarkat, used in “jag har snarkat”.

What is the present tense of snarka?

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

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German snorken, snarken, from Old Saxon *snarkōn, from Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn.

Nearby common words

snarka is number 6,794 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,789kvarstå remain
6,790kärl vessel
6,792mittemot opposite, opposite, facing
6,793rymning escape
6,795krigsrätt laws of war (a branch of international law, regulating warfare), martial law (the laws that apply during war)
6,796räckvidd range, reach
6,797väckt awakened
6,798västern a western (movie)

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