dricka
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish drikka, from Old Norse drekka, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
The noun is derived from the verb.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dricka (present dricker, preterite drack, supine druckit, imperative drick)
- to drink
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Sista natten i Paindalen
- […] Och min farfar och farfars far var fattiga, svultna som jag,
och i helgnätter, gnistrande klara, sina milor de klubbade till,
och drucko som jag sin surmjölk och stekte sin sura sill […]- […] And my grandfather and great grandfather were poor, starved like I,
and in weekend nights, sparkling clear, went they to their charcoal piles,
and like I drank their sour milk, and roasted their sour herring […]
- […] And my grandfather and great grandfather were poor, starved like I,
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Sista natten i Paindalen
- to regularly drink alcohol
- Nej tack, jag dricker inte.
- No thanks, I don't drink.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of dricka (class 3 strong)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | dricka | drickas | ||
Supine | druckit | druckits | ||
Imperative | drick | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | dricken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | dricker | drack | dricks, drickes | dracks |
Ind. plural1 | dricka | drucko | drickas | druckos |
Subjunctive2 | dricke | drucke | drickes | druckes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | drickande | |||
Past participle | ||||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Troponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Noun
[edit]dricka c
- (a bottle of) soft drink or (more rarely) beer
- Synonym: (soft drink) läsk
- Vill du ha en dricka? ― Do you want a bottle of soda?
- Hans favoritdricka var 7 Up ― His favorite soft drink was 7 Up
- (colloquial, mass noun) something to drink during an occasion, (alcoholic) beverage
- Har du fixat dricka?
- Did you get stuff to drink?
- Jag står för drickat om du står för maten
- I'll provide stuff to drink if you provide food
- (colloquial, mass noun, in the definite "drickat") the water, the sea, the lake
- falla i drickat
- fall into the water ("the drink")
Usage notes
[edit]The neuter form (drickat) refers to the substance in general, e.g. all beverages at a party or all water in the lake. The common gender form (drickan) refers to a specific bottle (min dricka, din dricka) or a specific recipe (svagdrickan, lingondrickan).
Declension
[edit]Declension of dricka | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dricka | drickan | drickor | drickorna |
Genitive | drickas | drickans | drickors | drickornas |
Declension of dricka 2, 3 | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | dricka | drickat | — | — |
Genitive | drickas | drickats | — | — |
Hyponyms
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[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ dricka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (noun sense)
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