stöka
Meaning
clean up; potter (rummage) about
In Swedish: arbeta (med hushåll)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att stöka | to clean up |
|---|---|---|
| Present | stökar | jag stökar |
| Past | stökade | jag stökade |
| Supine | stökat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har stökat | jag har stökat |
| Past perfect | hade stökat | jag hade stökat |
| Future | ska stöka | or: kommer att stöka |
| Conditional | skulle stöka | jag skulle stöka |
| Imperative | stöka! | a command |
| Present participle | stökande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | stökas |
|---|---|
| Present | stökas |
| Past | stökades |
| Supine | stökats |
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 stökar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise stöka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (stöka). Which is the past tense?
stöka in a sentence
- hon gick ut och stökade i köketshe went out and bustled about in the kitchen
- Barnen har stökat ner rummetThe children have made a mess of the room
- Usch vad du stökat tillUgh, what a mess you've made
- Vi tänkte hålla bokmässan nästa vecka, men zombieinvasionen har stökat till detWe were going to hold the book fair next week, but the zombie invasion has messed up our plans
- Stormen kan stöka till det i trafikenThe storm could cause some traffic messiness
- Bedragarna hade snabbt stökat undan alla bevisThe swindlers had quickly cleared away all evidence
- Stöka undan lite pappersarbeteBe done with some paperwork
- stöka i köketbustle about in the kitchen
Expressions
- stöka undan/överget a thing off one's hands, out of the way
Questions
What does stöka mean in English?
stöka means “clean up, potter (rummage) about”.
What is the past tense of stöka?
The past tense of stöka is stökade (“jag stökade”). The supine is stökat, used in “jag har stökat”.
What is the present tense of stöka?
stökar, the same for every person: jag stökar, du stökar, vi stökar.
Nearby common words
stöka is number 8,759 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,755biverkningar side effects
- 8,756förrädisk treacherous
- 8,757massvis lots, a large amount
- 8,758regi direction
- 8,760handskfack glove compartment, glovecompartment
- 8,761varumärke a brand, a trademark (identification of a company's product)
- 8,762förlovningsring an engagement ring
- 8,763kärleksliv love life
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary