Swedish verb

strejka

strike

Meaning

strike

In Swedish: gå i strejk, lägga ner arbetet

Conjugation

Conjugation of strejka (strike)
Infinitive	att strejka	to strike
Present	strejkar	jag strejkar
Past	strejkade	jag strejkade
Supine	strejkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har strejkat	jag har strejkat
Past perfect	hade strejkat	jag hade strejkat
Future	ska strejka	or: kommer att strejka
Conditional	skulle strejka	jag skulle strejka
Imperative	strejka!	a command
Present participle	strejkande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of strejka
Infinitive	strejkas
Present	strejkas
Past	strejkades
Supine	strejkats

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 strejkar. See the four verb groups explained.

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strejka in a sentence

gruvarbetarna strejkar
the miners are striking
bilen strejkade i morse
the car wouldn't start (run) this morning
Arbetarna strejkar
The workers are on strike
Bilen strejkar
The car won't start [for example]

Questions

What does strejka mean in English?

strejka means “strike”.

What is the past tense of strejka?

The past tense of strejka is strejkade (“jag strejkade”). The supine is strejkat, used in “jag har strejkat”.

What is the present tense of strejka?

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

Origin

strejk (“strike”) + -a

Nearby common words

strejka is number 6,855 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,851bärga salvage, save
6,852kamel camel
6,853konservativ conservative
6,854ock too, also
6,856joint a joint, a marijuana cigarette
6,857uppäten eaten
6,858försena delay, detain
6,859blomstra flourish, blossom

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