teckna
Swedish
Etymology
tecken + -a, like German zeichnen
Pronunciation
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Verb
teckna (present tecknar, preterite tecknade, supine tecknat, imperative teckna)
- to draw (especially pencil drawing, as opposed to painting)
- to give a sign (using hands), to sign (using sign language)
- polisen tecknade åt mig att stanna
- the policeman gave me a sign to stop
- polisen tecknade åt mig att stanna
Conjugation
Conjugation of teckna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | teckna | tecknas | ||
| Supine | tecknat | tecknats | ||
| Imperative | teckna | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tecknen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tecknar | tecknade | tecknas | tecknades |
| Ind. plural1 | teckna | tecknade | tecknas | tecknades |
| Subjunctive2 | teckne | tecknade | tecknes | tecknades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tecknande | |||
| Past participle | tecknad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||