tanka
Meaning
fill [with petrol]
In Swedish: fylla tanken (på ett fordon) med drivmedel
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tanka | to fill [with petrol] |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tankar | jag tankar |
| Past | tankade | jag tankade |
| Supine | tankat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tankat | jag har tankat |
| Past perfect | hade tankat | jag hade tankat |
| Future | ska tanka | or: kommer att tanka |
| Conditional | skulle tanka | jag skulle tanka |
| Imperative | tanka! | a command |
| Present participle | tankande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tankad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tankas |
|---|---|
| Present | tankas |
| Past | tankades |
| Supine | tankats |
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 tankar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tanka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tanka). Which is the past tense?
tanka in a sentence
- tanka bilenfill the car's petrol tank
Questions
What does tanka mean in English?
tanka means “fill [with petrol]”.
What is the past tense of tanka?
The past tense of tanka is tankade (“jag tankade”). The supine is tankat, used in “jag har tankat”.
What is the present tense of tanka?
tankar, the same for every person: jag tankar, du tankar, vi tankar.
Nearby common words
tanka is number 1,570 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 1,566matt feeble, weak
- 1,567respektera respect
- 1,568stycken instances, instances of (anything)
- 1,569skylla blame
- 1,571antagligen probably, presumably
- 1,572medlem member
- 1,573avbryta discontinue, terminate
- 1,574labb lab, mitt
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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