smacka

See also: smäcka

Swedish

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Middle Low German smacken. Cognate of Dutch smakken. Likely originally onomatopoeic. See also smäcka, smaska, smocka.

Verb

smacka (present smackar, preterite smackade, supine smackat, imperative smacka)

1. smack one's lips
2. click one's tongue against one's palate (as a signal of hunger or as a command for a horse)
3. eat noisily

Conjugation

Conjugation of smacka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	smacka		smackas
Supine	smackat		smackats
Imperative	smacka		—
Imper. plural1	smacken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	smackar	smackade	smackas	smackades
Ind. plural1	smacka	smackade	smackas	smackades
Subjunctive2	smacke	smackade	smackes	smackades
	Participles
Present participle	smackande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• smack
• smackning

Further reading

• smacka in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• smacka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)