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stryka

rub, stroke, iron, cut out/stryːka/

Meaning

rub; stroke; iron; cut out; strike off; cancel

In Swedish: dra med handen över (en yta)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stryka (rub)
Infinitive	att stryka	to rub
Present	stryker	jag stryker
Past	strök	jag strök
Supine	strukit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har strukit	jag har strukit
Past perfect	hade strukit	jag hade strukit
Future	ska stryka	or: kommer att stryka
Conditional	skulle stryka	jag skulle stryka
Imperative	stryk!	a command
Present participle	strykande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	struken	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stryka
Infinitive	strykas
Present	stryks
Past	ströks
Supine	strukits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use stryker. See the four verb groups explained.

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stryka in a sentence

stryka ett plank med färg
paint a plank
stryka svetten ur pannan
wipe the sweat from one's forehead
hon strök katten över ryggen
she stroked the cat's back
stryka skjortor
iron shirts
vi strök ditt namn från listan
we struck your name off the list
regissören strök en hel scen
the director deleted (cut) an entire scene
Hennes kritik ströks från mötesprotokollet
Her criticism was removed from the minutes of the meeting
Han strök katten, men gav hunden stryk
He stroked the cat, but beat the dog

Words built with stryka

strykbräde ironing board
stryktips results pool

Questions

What does stryka mean in English?

stryka means “rub, stroke”.

What is the past tense of stryka?

The past tense of stryka is strök (“jag strök”). The supine is strukit, used in “jag har strukit”.

What is the present tense of stryka?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish strȳka, from Old Norse strjúka, from Proto-Germanic *streukaną.

Nearby common words

stryka is number 4,680 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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4,684menig not an officer (of a soldier), private, a private

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