Swedish verb · noun· top 1,000 most common

sticka

knit, prick, sting, put

sticka as a verb

Meaning

knit; prick; sting; put; stick; be off; leave

In Swedish: tillverka av garn med hjälp av stickor

Conjugation

Conjugation of sticka (knit)
Infinitive	att sticka	to knit
Present	stickar	jag stickar
Past	stickade	jag stickade
Supine	stickat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stickat	jag har stickat
Past perfect	hade stickat	jag hade stickat
Future	ska sticka	or: kommer att sticka
Conditional	skulle sticka	jag skulle sticka
Imperative	sticka!	a command
Present participle	stickande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stickad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sticka
Infinitive	stickas
Present	stickas
Past	stickades
Supine	stickats

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 stickar. See the four verb groups explained.

sticka as a noun(en sticka)

Meaning

splinter; knitting needle

In Swedish: liten vass träpinne, träflisa

Forms

Forms of sticka
Singular, indefinite	en sticka
Singular, definite	stickan
Plural, indefinite	stickor
Plural, definite	stickorna

sticka is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor sticka, den stora stickan. Check another noun

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sticka in a sentence

sticka en mössa
knit a cap
getingen stack mig
the wasp stung me
hon stack sig i fingret med nålen
she pricked her finger with the needle
sticka (ut) huvudet genom fönstret
stick one's head through the window
hon stack handen i fickan
she stuck (put) her hand into her pocket
hon stack från hela ansvaret
she shirked her responsibilities entirely
Mormor stickade.
Grandma was knitting.
bli stucken av ett bi
be stung by a bee
få en sticka i fingret
get a splinter in one's finger
Jag har fått en sticka i fingret.
I've gotten a splinter in my finger.

Expressions

inte sticka under stol med
make no secret of

Words built with sticka

tändsticka matchstick
rundsticka circular knitting needle
strumpsticka knitting needle

Questions

What does sticka mean in English?

sticka means “knit, prick”.

Is it en sticka or ett sticka?

It is en sticka, and “the splinter” is stickan.

What is the plural of sticka?

The plural of sticka is stickor, and the definite plural is stickorna.

What is the past tense of sticka?

The past tense of sticka is stickade (“jag stickade”). The supine is stickat, used in “jag har stickat”.

What is the present tense of sticka?

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

Similar words

sjappabegeflisapetaavvika

Origin

Old Norse stikka, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-, related to Etymology 2 below.

Nearby common words

sticka is number 514 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

510skydda preserve, protect
511fixa arrange, fix
512viss certain
513val election, choice
515önska wish
516nå reach
517hund dog
518perfekt perfect

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