Swedish verb

trakta

aspire to, covet

Meaning

aspire to; covet

In Swedish: sträva (efter), längta efter

Conjugation

Conjugation of trakta (aspire to)
Infinitive	att trakta	to aspire to
Present	traktar	jag traktar
Past	traktade	jag traktade
Supine	traktat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har traktat	jag har traktat
Past perfect	hade traktat	jag hade traktat
Future	ska trakta	or: kommer att trakta
Conditional	skulle trakta	jag skulle trakta
Imperative	trakta!	a command
Present participle	traktande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	traktad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of trakta
Infinitive	traktas
Present	traktas
Past	traktades
Supine	traktats

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 traktar. See the four verb groups explained.

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trakta in a sentence

det är inget att trakta efter
that's nothing to set your heart on
trakta efter rikedom och ära
seek wealth and glory
trakta efter någons liv
be after someone's life [seek to kill someone]

Questions

What does trakta mean in English?

trakta means “aspire to, covet”.

What is the past tense of trakta?

The past tense of trakta is traktade (“jag traktade”). The supine is traktat, used in “jag har traktat”.

What is the present tense of trakta?

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

Nearby common words

trakta is number 7,293 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,289varsam careful
7,290race race (competition)
7,291dräpa slay
7,292växande growing
7,294brunch brunch
7,295fördubbla double
7,296förlossning delivery, childbirth
7,297nos nose, muzzle

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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