skicka
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish skikka, from Middle Low German schicken "to send" (German schicken, Dutch schikken). Cognate with Swedish ske "to happen, to occur". Compare Trøndelag Norwegian sjekk (“to send”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]skicka (present skickar, preterite skickade, supine skickat, imperative skicka)
- send (make something go somewhere)
- Jag skickade brevet igår.
- I sent the letter yesterday.
- pass, to give someone who didn't reach (e.g. across a table)
- Kan du skicka saltet?
- Could you please pass the salt?
- (reflexive, dated) behave oneself
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skicka | skickas | ||
| supine | skickat | skickats | ||
| imperative | skicka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | skicken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | skickar | skickade | skickas | skickades |
| ind. plural1 | skicka | skickade | skickas | skickades |
| subjunctive2 | skicke | skickade | skickes | skickades |
| present participle | skickande | |||
| past participle | skickad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- (send): skicka ut
- (behave): skick, skick och fason
See also
[edit]- send
References
[edit]- “skicka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “skicka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “skicka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)