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täcka

coverAlso the plural of täck.

Meaning

cover

In Swedish: lägga över något annat (för att skydda eller dölja)

Conjugation

Conjugation of täcka (cover)
Infinitive	att täcka	to cover
Present	täcker	jag täcker
Past	täckte	jag täckte
Supine	täckt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har täckt	jag har täckt
Past perfect	hade täckt	jag hade täckt
Future	ska täcka	or: kommer att täcka
Conditional	skulle täcka	jag skulle täcka
Imperative	täck!	a command
Present participle	täckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	täckt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of täcka
Infinitive	täckas
Present	täcks
Past	täcktes
Supine	täckts

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 täcker. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise täcka

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Yesterday I … (täcka). Which is the past tense?

täcka in a sentence

hon täckte över honom med en filt
she covered him with a blanket
snön täcker marken
the snow covers the ground
täcka kostnaderna
cover one's expenses

Questions

What does täcka mean in English?

täcka means “cover”.

What is the past tense of täcka?

The past tense of täcka is täckte (“jag täckte”). The supine is täckt, used in “jag har täckt”.

What is the present tense of täcka?

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

Similar words

överskyaskyla

Origin

From Old Swedish þækkia, from Old Norse þekja, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną; related to English thatch.

Nearby common words

täcka is number 1,651 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,647bro bridge
1,648hals neck
1,649galning madman
1,650gömd hidden
1,652nivå level
1,653måla paint
1,654förslag proposal
1,655bjöd asked, invited

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