kackla

Swedish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with English cackle.

Verb

kackla (present kacklar, preterite kacklade, supine kacklat, imperative kackla)

1. to cackle (of a hen or goose)
2. to cackle (talk or laugh in a cackling, ugly manner)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kackla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	kackla		kacklas
supine	kacklat		kacklats
imperative	kackla		—
imper. plural1	kacklen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	kacklar	kacklade	kacklas	kacklades
ind. plural1	kackla	kacklade	kacklas	kacklades
subjunctive2	kackle	kacklade	kackles	kacklades
present participle		kacklande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• kackel

See also

• klucka (“cluck”)

References

• “kackla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kackla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kackla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• kackla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)