Swedish verb

stöka

clean up, potter (rummage) about

Meaning

clean up; potter (rummage) about

In Swedish: arbeta (med hushåll)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stöka (clean up)
Infinitiveatt stökato clean up
Presentstökarjag stökar
Paststökadejag stökade
Supinestökatused after har / hade
Perfecthar stökatjag har stökat
Past perfecthade stökatjag hade stökat
Futureska stökaor: kommer att stöka
Conditionalskulle stökajag skulle stöka
Imperativestöka!a command
Present participlestökande-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stöka
Infinitivestökas
Presentstökas
Paststökades
Supinestökats

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 stökar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

stöka in a sentence

  • hon gick ut och stökade i köket
    she went out and bustled about in the kitchen
  • Barnen har stökat ner rummet
    The children have made a mess of the room
  • Usch vad du stökat till
    Ugh, what a mess you've made
  • Vi tänkte hålla bokmässan nästa vecka, men zombieinvasionen har stökat till det
    We were going to hold the book fair next week, but the zombie invasion has messed up our plans
  • Stormen kan stöka till det i trafiken
    The storm could cause some traffic messiness
  • Bedragarna hade snabbt stökat undan alla bevis
    The swindlers had quickly cleared away all evidence
  • Stöka undan lite pappersarbete
    Be done with some paperwork
  • stöka i köket
    bustle about in the kitchen

Expressions

  • stöka undan/över
    get a thing off one's hands, out of the way

Questions

What does stöka mean in English?

stöka means “clean up, potter (rummage) about”.

What is the past tense of stöka?

The past tense of stöka is stökade (“jag stökade”). The supine is stökat, used in “jag har stökat”.

What is the present tense of stöka?

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

Nearby common words

stöka is number 8,759 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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