stycka
Meaning
cut up; divide into lots, parcel out
In Swedish: dela i stycken
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att stycka | to cut up |
|---|---|---|
| Present | styckar | jag styckar |
| Past | styckade | jag styckade |
| Supine | styckat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har styckat | jag har styckat |
| Past perfect | hade styckat | jag hade styckat |
| Future | ska stycka | or: kommer att stycka |
| Conditional | skulle stycka | jag skulle stycka |
| Imperative | stycka! | a command |
| Present participle | styckande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | styckad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | styckas |
|---|---|
| Present | styckas |
| Past | styckades |
| Supine | styckats |
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 styckar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise stycka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (stycka). Which is the past tense?
stycka in a sentence
- älgen flåddes och styckadesthe elk was flayed and cut up (butchered)
- stycka av en tomtdivide a plot of land
Questions
What does stycka mean in English?
stycka means “cut up, divide into lots, parcel out”.
What is the past tense of stycka?
The past tense of stycka is styckade (“jag styckade”). The supine is styckat, used in “jag har styckat”.
What is the present tense of stycka?
styckar, the same for every person: jag styckar, du styckar, vi styckar.
Similar words
Origin
Inherited from Old Swedish stykkia, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją.
Nearby common words
stycka is number 5,563 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,559fuktig moist, damp
- 5,560söva send to sleep
- 5,561bortrest out of town; away from home (and workplace)
- 5,562drunknad drowned
- 5,564engagemang engagement, commitment
- 5,565föreståndare head, manager
- 5,566mötesplats meeting-place
- 5,567förstora enlarge, blow up
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