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teckna

signal, draw, sign

Meaning

signal; draw; sign

In Swedish: meddela med tecken, signalera

Conjugation

Conjugation of teckna (signal)
Infinitive	att teckna	to signal
Present	tecknar	jag tecknar
Past	tecknade	jag tecknade
Supine	tecknat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tecknat	jag har tecknat
Past perfect	hade tecknat	jag hade tecknat
Future	ska teckna	or: kommer att teckna
Conditional	skulle teckna	jag skulle teckna
Imperative	teckna!	a command
Present participle	tecknande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tecknad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of teckna
Infinitive	tecknas
Present	tecknas
Past	tecknades
Supine	tecknats

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 tecknar. See the four verb groups explained.

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teckna in a sentence

hon tecknade åt mig att stanna
she made a sign for me to stay
teckna en bakgrund till händelserna
sketch in the background of the events
teckna ett avtal
sign a contract
Polisen tecknade åt mig att stanna
The policeman gave me a sign to stop
teckna ett avtal med en firma
sign a contract with a company
teckna en försäkring
take out an insurance policy

Questions

What does teckna mean in English?

teckna means “signal, draw”.

What is the past tense of teckna?

The past tense of teckna is tecknade (“jag tecknade”). The supine is tecknat, used in “jag har tecknat”.

What is the present tense of teckna?

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

Similar words

rita

Origin

tecken + -a, like German zeichnen

Nearby common words

teckna is number 4,031 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,027omtänksam considerate
4,028räddning salvation, rescue
4,029utredare investigators
4,030varandras each other's, eachother's
4,032pucko a very stupid person; an idiot
4,033tiotusen ten thousand
4,034västra west
4,035frekvens frequency

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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