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stärka

strengthen, starch

Meaning

strengthen; starch

In Swedish: göra starkare, förstärka

Conjugation

Conjugation of stärka (strengthen)
Infinitive	att stärka	to strengthen
Present	stärker	jag stärker
Past	stärkte	jag stärkte
Supine	stärkt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stärkt	jag har stärkt
Past perfect	hade stärkt	jag hade stärkt
Future	ska stärka	or: kommer att stärka
Conditional	skulle stärka	jag skulle stärka
Imperative	stärk!	a command
Present participle	stärkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stärkt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stärka
Infinitive	stärkas
Present	stärks
Past	stärktes
Supine	stärkts

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 stärker. See the four verb groups explained.

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stärka in a sentence

stärkt självförtroende
strengthened self-confidence
stärka sin ställning
strengthen (consolidate) one's position
en stärkande medicin
a bracing medicine, a tonic (restorative)
en stärkt krage
a starched collar

Questions

What does stärka mean in English?

stärka means “strengthen, starch”.

What is the past tense of stärka?

The past tense of stärka is stärkte (“jag stärkte”). The supine is stärkt, used in “jag har stärkt”.

What is the present tense of stärka?

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

Similar words

rusta

Origin

From the adjective stark (“strong”).

Nearby common words

stärka is number 4,562 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,558ensamt lonely
4,559kapsel capsule
4,560delaktig mixed up in, involved
4,561dyster depressing, gloomy
4,563äsch pooh!, oh!
4,564frigöra liberate, set free
4,565förfalska falsify, forge
4,566russ Gotland pony

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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