värka
Meaning
ache
In Swedish: göra ont (ihållande)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att värka | to ache |
|---|---|---|
| Present | värker | jag värker |
| Past | värkte | jag värkte |
| Supine | värkt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har värkt | jag har värkt |
| Past perfect | hade värkt | jag hade värkt |
| Future | ska värka | or: kommer att värka |
| Conditional | skulle värka | jag skulle värka |
| Imperative | värk! | a command |
| Present participle | värkande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | värkt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | värkas |
|---|---|
| Present | värks |
| Past | värktes |
| Supine | värkts |
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 värker. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise värka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (värka). Which is the past tense?
värka in a sentence
- Som nämnts tidigare har budgeten värkts fram under kort tid.As mentioned before the budget was created in a short time.
Questions
What does värka mean in English?
värka means “ache”.
What is the past tense of värka?
The past tense of värka is värkte (“jag värkte”). The supine is värkt, used in “jag har värkt”.
What is the present tense of värka?
värker, the same for every person: jag värker, du värker, vi värker.
Origin
From Old Swedish værkia, värk + -a.
Nearby common words
värka is number 6,516 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 6,512bädda make one's bed
- 6,513herde cowherd, shepherd
- 6,514donator donator, a donor
- 6,515gästfrihet hospitality, hospitableness (the quality of being welcoming and generous towards guests)
- 6,517hjord herd
- 6,518nedlåtande condescending, patronizing
- 6,519tyngre heavier
- 6,520oändligt infinite
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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