sucka
Meaning
sigh
In Swedish: (klagande) dra andan så att det hörs
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att sucka | to sigh |
|---|---|---|
| Present | suckar | jag suckar |
| Past | suckade | jag suckade |
| Supine | suckat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har suckat | jag har suckat |
| Past perfect | hade suckat | jag hade suckat |
| Future | ska sucka | or: kommer att sucka |
| Conditional | skulle sucka | jag skulle sucka |
| Imperative | sucka! | a command |
| Present participle | suckande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | suckas |
|---|---|
| Present | suckas |
| Past | suckades |
| Supine | suckats |
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 suckar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise sucka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (sucka). Which is the past tense?
sucka in a sentence
- hon suckade djuptshe sighed deeply
Questions
What does sucka mean in English?
sucka means “sigh”.
What is the past tense of sucka?
The past tense of sucka is suckade (“jag suckade”). The supine is suckat, used in “jag har suckat”.
What is the present tense of sucka?
suckar, the same for every person: jag suckar, du suckar, vi suckar.
Origin
Related to suga (“to suck”), both from Old Norse súga.
Nearby common words
sucka is number 8,802 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,798månsken moonlight, moonshine
- 8,799långvarig lengthy, prolonged
- 8,800bre apocopic form of breda (“to spread”)
- 8,801emotionell emotional
- 8,803bisarrt bizarre, odd
- 8,804russin raisin
- 8,805underläge weak (inferior) position
- 8,806experimentell experimental
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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