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vakta

watch/²vakta/

Meaning

watch

In Swedish: hålla ett öga på och vara beredd att ingripa

Conjugation

Conjugation of vakta (watch)
Infinitive	att vakta	to watch
Present	vaktar	jag vaktar
Past	vaktade	jag vaktade
Supine	vaktat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vaktat	jag har vaktat
Past perfect	hade vaktat	jag hade vaktat
Future	ska vakta	or: kommer att vakta
Conditional	skulle vakta	jag skulle vakta
Imperative	vakta!	a command
Present participle	vaktande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	vaktad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vakta
Infinitive	vaktas
Present	vaktas
Past	vaktades
Supine	vaktats

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 vaktar. See the four verb groups explained.

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vakta in a sentence

vakta får
watch over sheep
vakta grinden
guard the gate
vakta barn
mind children

Questions

What does vakta mean in English?

vakta means “watch”.

What is the past tense of vakta?

The past tense of vakta is vaktade (“jag vaktade”). The supine is vaktat, used in “jag har vaktat”.

What is the present tense of vakta?

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

Similar words

bevakahålla utkikpassa

Origin

From Old Norse vakta, from Middle Low German wachten, from Old Saxon *wahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic *wahtwēn (“to keep watch”).

Nearby common words

vakta is number 1,583 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,579nödvändig necessary
1,580slösa lavish, squander
1,581apa ape, monkey
1,582besviken disappointed
1,584våld violence
1,585kurs course, rate
1,586märke mark, trace
1,587tagen moved; tired out

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