Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

snoka

pry, poke, snoop

Meaning

pry; poke; snoop

In Swedish: rota i andras angelägenheter, lägga sig i; spionera

Conjugation

Conjugation of snoka (pry)
Infinitive	att snoka	to pry
Present	snokar	jag snokar
Past	snokade	jag snokade
Supine	snokat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har snokat	jag har snokat
Past perfect	hade snokat	jag hade snokat
Future	ska snoka	or: kommer att snoka
Conditional	skulle snoka	jag skulle snoka
Imperative	snoka!	a command
Present participle	snokande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of snoka
Infinitive	snokas
Present	snokas
Past	snokades
Supine	snokats

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 snokar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (snoka). Which is the past tense?

snoka in a sentence

snoka reda på något
ferret out
Detektiven snokade runt efter bevis i rummet när alla hade gått
The detective snooped around looking for evidence in the room after everyone had left
Jag lyckades snoka fram vem som äger firman
I managed to find out ("snoop out") who owns the firm

Questions

What does snoka mean in English?

snoka means “pry, poke”.

What is the past tense of snoka?

The past tense of snoka is snokade (“jag snokade”). The supine is snokat, used in “jag har snokat”.

What is the present tense of snoka?

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

Similar words

rota

Nearby common words

snoka is number 3,698 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,694sona atone for, expiate; make amends for
3,695kampanj campaign
3,696fattas be missing (short, lacking)
3,697missta mistake
3,699otäck nasty
3,700kändis celebrity
3,701ceremoni ceremony
3,702övervåning upper floor

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary