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sträcka

prolong, stretch, reach

sträcka as a verb

Meaning

prolong; stretch; reach

In Swedish: dra ut så att något blir längre

Conjugation

Conjugation of sträcka (prolong)
Infinitive	att sträcka	to prolong
Present	sträcker	jag sträcker
Past	sträckte	jag sträckte
Supine	sträckt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sträckt	jag har sträckt
Past perfect	hade sträckt	jag hade sträckt
Future	ska sträcka	or: kommer att sträcka
Conditional	skulle sträcka	jag skulle sträcka
Imperative	sträck!	a command
Present participle	sträckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sträckt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sträcka
Infinitive	sträckas
Present	sträcks
Past	sträcktes
Supine	sträckts

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 sträcker. See the four verb groups explained.

sträcka as a noun(en sträcka)

Meaning

distance

In Swedish: vägstycke, avstånd

Forms

Forms of sträcka
Singular, indefinite	en sträcka
Singular, definite	sträckan
Plural, indefinite	sträckor
Plural, definite	sträckorna

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

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sträcka in a sentence

sträcka på halsen
stretch (crane) one's neck
jag kan sträcka mig upp till 100 kronor
I can go as high as 100 kronor
sträcka ut en hjälpande hand
reach out a helping hand
hon sträckte fram handen för att hälsa
she reached out her hand in greeting
sträckan Malmö--Lund
the Malmö-Lund stretch (section)

Expressions

sträcka på sig
be proud of oneself

Words built with sträcka

startsträcka starting run, run-up
körsträcka distance (to be) driven, mileage

Questions

What does sträcka mean in English?

sträcka means “prolong, stretch”.

Is it en sträcka or ett sträcka?

It is en sträcka, and “the distance” is sträckan.

What is the plural of sträcka?

The plural of sträcka is sträckor, and the definite plural is sträckorna.

What is the past tense of sträcka?

The past tense of sträcka is sträckte (“jag sträckte”). The supine is sträckt, used in “jag har sträckt”.

What is the present tense of sträcka?

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

Similar words

distanslängdräta

Origin

From Old Swedish strækkia, from Middle Low German strecken, from Old Saxon *strekkian.

Nearby common words

sträcka is number 2,501 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,497kust coast
2,498bena bone, part (one's hair)
2,499inleda begin, open
2,500motstånd resistance, opposition
2,502legend legend, myth
2,503vandra walk
2,504lätta lighten, unburden
2,505reaktion reaction

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