spricka
spricka as a verb
Meaning
crack, fracture, split
In Swedish: få en spricka, brista, rämna
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att spricka | to crack |
|---|---|---|
| Present | spricker | jag spricker |
| Past | sprack | jag sprack |
| Supine | spruckit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har spruckit | jag har spruckit |
| Past perfect | hade spruckit | jag hade spruckit |
| Future | ska spricka | or: kommer att spricka |
| Conditional | skulle spricka | jag skulle spricka |
| Imperative | sprick! | a command |
| Present participle | sprickande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | sprucken | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | sprickas |
|---|---|
| Present | spricks |
| Past | spracks |
| Supine | spruckits |
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 spricker. See the four verb groups explained.
spricka as a noun(en spricka)
Meaning
fracture; crack
In Swedish: smal ränna (genom bristning)
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en spricka |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | sprickan |
| Plural, indefinite | sprickor |
| Plural, definite | sprickorna |
spricka is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor spricka, den stora sprickan. Check another noun
Practise spricka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (spricka). Which is the past tense?
spricka in a sentence
- spruckna äktenskapbroken marriages
- samarbetet sprackcooperation broke down
- byxan sprackthe trousers split
- en spricka i regeringena split in the Government
- en spricka i bergeta fissure in the rock
Questions
What does spricka mean in English?
spricka means “crack, fracture, split”.
Is it en spricka or ett spricka?
It is en spricka, and “the fracture” is sprickan.
What is the plural of spricka?
The plural of spricka is sprickor, and the definite plural is sprickorna.
What is the past tense of spricka?
The past tense of spricka is sprack (“jag sprack”). The supine is spruckit, used in “jag har spruckit”.
What is the present tense of spricka?
spricker, the same for every person: jag spricker, du spricker, vi spricker.
Similar words
krackelera
Origin
From Old Swedish springa, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną.
Nearby common words
spricka is number 2,914 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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