Swedish verb

vräka

throw out, evict

Meaning

throw out; evict

In Swedish: våldsamt kasta (bort), störta

Conjugation

Conjugation of vräka (throw out)
Infinitive	att vräka	to throw out
Present	vräker	jag vräker
Past	vräkte	jag vräkte
Supine	vräkt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vräkt	jag har vräkt
Past perfect	hade vräkt	jag hade vräkt
Future	ska vräka	or: kommer att vräka
Conditional	skulle vräka	jag skulle vräka
Imperative	vräk!	a command
Present participle	vräkande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	vräkt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vräka
Infinitive	vräkas
Present	vräks
Past	vräktes
Supine	vräkts

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 vräker. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise vräka

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

vräka in a sentence

regnet vräker ner
the rain is teeming (pouring) down
vräka avfall i havet
throw waste into the sea

Questions

What does vräka mean in English?

vräka means “throw out, evict”.

What is the past tense of vräka?

The past tense of vräka is vräkte (“jag vräkte”). The supine is vräkt, used in “jag har vräkt”.

What is the present tense of vräka?

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

Similar words

avhysa

Origin

From Old Swedish vræka, from Old Norse vreka, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.

Nearby common words

vräka is number 6,294 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,290psyke mentality, psyche
6,291kramp [muscular] spasm, cramp
6,292leg certified, authorized; indicating an authorized medical doctor, not a quack; abbreviation of legitimerad
6,293svinga swing
6,295ärm sleeve
6,296skicklighet skill, grant
6,297beröm commendation, praise
6,298rörigt messily, chaotically

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