yrka
Meaning
demand; move
In Swedish: begära, kräva
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att yrka | to demand |
|---|---|---|
| Present | yrkar | jag yrkar |
| Past | yrkade | jag yrkade |
| Supine | yrkat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har yrkat | jag har yrkat |
| Past perfect | hade yrkat | jag hade yrkat |
| Future | ska yrka | or: kommer att yrka |
| Conditional | skulle yrka | jag skulle yrka |
| Imperative | yrka! | a command |
| Present participle | yrkande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | yrkad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | yrkas |
|---|---|
| Present | yrkas |
| Past | yrkades |
| Supine | yrkats |
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 yrkar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise yrka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (yrka). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does yrka mean in English?
yrka means “demand, move”.
What is the past tense of yrka?
The past tense of yrka is yrkade (“jag yrkade”). The supine is yrkat, used in “jag har yrkat”.
What is the present tense of yrka?
yrkar, the same for every person: jag yrkar, du yrkar, vi yrkar.
Similar words
hemställakräva
Origin
From Old Swedish yrkia, from Old Norse yrkja, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną.
Nearby common words
yrka is number 7,795 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 7,796sluppit have been let off, have been excused from
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- 7,798följeslagare a companion (person who goes with someone, or is with someone more generally, by extension)
- 7,799örfil box on the ears, thick ear
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