dricka
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish drikka, from Old Norse drekka, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
dricka (present dricker, preterite drack, supine druckit, imperative drick)
- to drink
- to regularly drink alcohol
Conjugation
Conjugation of dricka (class 3 strong)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
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
- to drink
- to drink alcohol
Compounds
- drickfärdig
- dricksfontän
- dricksglas
- drickoffer
- drickspengar
- drickspenningsystem, drickspenningssystem
- dricksvatten
- dricksvattenfontän
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the above verb.
Noun
dricka c
- a drink; something which is drinkable (especially of soft drinks)
- beer or similar drink; rootbeer
- (colloquial) the water, the sea, the lake
- Falla i drickat
- fall into the water
- Falla i drickat
Declension
Declension of dricka | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dricka | drickan | drickor | drickorna |
Genitive | drickas | drickans | drickors | drickornas |
Declension of dricka 2, 3 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | dricka | drickat | — | — |
Genitive | drickas | drickats | — | — |
Hyponyms
Compounds
Usage notes
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).
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