skicka

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German schicken "to send" (German schicken, Dutch schikken). Cognate with ske "to happen, to occur"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧɪkˌa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

skicka (present skickar, preterite skickade, supine skickat, imperative skicka)

1. send (make something go somewhere)

   Jag skickade brevet igår.

   I sent the letter yesterday.

2. pass, to give someone who didn't reach (e.g. across a table)

   Kan du skicka saltet?

   Could you please pass the salt?

3. (reflexive, dated) behave oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of skicka (weak)

	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
	Participles
Present participle	skickande
Past participle	skickad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• beskicka
• förskicka
• geskickt

Related terms

• (send): skicka ut
• (behave): skick, skick och fason

See also

send

• sända
• skickelse

Anagrams

• kickas