lukta

Faroese

Verb

lukta (third person singular past indicative luktaði, third person plural past indicative luktaðu, supine luktað)

1. to smell (clarification of this definition is needed (Meaning "sense a smell" or "give off a smell"?))

Conjugation

Conjugation of lukta (group v-30)

infinitive	lukta
supine	luktað
	present	past
first singular	lukti	luktaði
second singular	luktar	luktaði
third singular	luktar	luktaði
plural	lukta	luktaðu
participle (a6)1	luktandi	luktaður
	imperative
singular	lukta!
plural	luktið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• lukten

Noun

lukta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lukt

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• luktet

Verb

lukta

1. inflection of lukte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lukta f

1. definite singular of lukt

Ratagnon

Noun

lukta

1. land

Swedish

Etymology

From lukt +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Verb

lukta (present luktar, preterite luktade, supine luktat, imperative lukta)

1. to smell; to use one’s nose

   Lukta gärna på blommorna!

   Feel free to smell the flowers!

2. to smell; to emit a smell

   Det luktar bränt i köket.

   It smells like something is burned in the kitchen.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lukta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	lukta		—
supine	luktat		—
imperative	lukta		—
imper. plural1	lukten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	luktar	luktade	—	—
ind. plural1	lukta	luktade	—	—
subjunctive2	lukte	luktade	—	—
present participle		luktande
past participle		luktad

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

Synonyms

use one's nose

• sniffa

emit smell

• dofta
• osa

Derived terms

• välluktande

Further reading

• “lukta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)