spräcka
Meaning
split; crack
In Swedish: få att spricka
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att spräcka | to split |
|---|---|---|
| Present | spräcker | jag spräcker |
| Past | spräckte | jag spräckte |
| Supine | spräckt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har spräckt | jag har spräckt |
| Past perfect | hade spräckt | jag hade spräckt |
| Future | ska spräcka | or: kommer att spräcka |
| Conditional | skulle spräcka | jag skulle spräcka |
| Imperative | spräck! | a command |
| Present participle | spräckande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | spräckt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | spräckas |
|---|---|
| Present | spräcks |
| Past | spräcktes |
| Supine | spräckts |
Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use spräcker. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise spräcka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (spräcka). Which is the past tense?
spräcka in a sentence
- stenen spräckte rutanthe stone cracked the glass
Questions
What does spräcka mean in English?
spräcka means “split, crack”.
What is the past tense of spräcka?
The past tense of spräcka is spräckte (“jag spräckte”). The supine is spräckt, used in “jag har spräckt”.
What is the present tense of spräcka?
spräcker, the same for every person: jag spräcker, du spräcker, vi spräcker.
Similar words
Nearby common words
spräcka is number 6,225 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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