schakta

Swedish

Etymology

schakt (“shaft”) +‎ -a

Verb

schakta (present schaktar, preterite schaktade, supine schaktat, imperative schakta)

1. to excavate (as part of a construction project)
2. (with bort (“away”)) as above, specifying the thing being removed

   schakta bort jord

   remove dirt when excavating

   schakta bort en tennisbana

   "excavate away" a tennis court

Conjugation

Conjugation of schakta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	schakta		schaktas
Supine	schaktat		schaktats
Imperative	schakta		—
Imper. plural1	schakten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	schaktar	schaktade	schaktas	schaktades
Ind. plural1	schakta	schaktade	schaktas	schaktades
Subjunctive2	schakte	schaktade	schaktes	schaktades
	Participles
Present participle	schaktande
Past participle	schaktad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• schaktmassa

Related terms

• schakt
• schaktning

See also

• gräva ut (“excavate (for archeological purposes)”)

References

• schakta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• schakta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• schakta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)