schakta
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
schakta (present schaktar, preterite schaktade, supine schaktat, imperative schakta)
- to excavate (as part of a construction project)
- (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 edit
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. | ||||
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See also edit
- gräva ut (“excavate (for archeological purposes)”)