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vinka

wave

Meaning

wave

In Swedish: röra handen fram och tillbaka i luften till hälsning etc; vifta

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinka (wave)
Infinitive	att vinka	to wave
Present	vinkar	jag vinkar
Past	vinkade	jag vinkade
Supine	vinkat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vinkat	jag har vinkat
Past perfect	hade vinkat	jag hade vinkat
Future	ska vinka	or: kommer att vinka
Conditional	skulle vinka	jag skulle vinka
Imperative	vinka!	a command
Present participle	vinkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	vinkad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vinka
Infinitive	vinkas
Present	vinkas
Past	vinkades
Supine	vinkats

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 vinkar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (vinka). Which is the past tense?

vinka in a sentence

vinka av någon vid tåget
wave sby off on the train

Expressions

vi har inte mycket tid att vinka på
we have no time to spare

Questions

What does vinka mean in English?

vinka means “wave”.

What is the past tense of vinka?

The past tense of vinka is vinkade (“jag vinkade”). The supine is vinkat, used in “jag har vinkat”.

What is the present tense of vinka?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish vinka, from Middle Low German winken, from Proto-Germanic *winkōną.

Nearby common words

vinka is number 4,099 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,094trång tight, narrow
4,095ingång entrance
4,096tragiskt tragic, tragic, tragically
4,097kana slide
4,100oundviklig unavoidable, inevitable
4,101stycke piece
4,102jan alternative form of jan.: abbreviation of januari (“January”)
4,103helgon saint

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