stänka
Swedish
editEtymology
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Verb
editstänka (present stänker, preterite stänkte, supine stänkt, imperative stänk)
- (sometimes impersonal) to splash with scattered drops or a small amount of some liquid, to spatter, to sprinkle
- Sluta kasta stenar i vattnet! Det stänker.
- Stop throwing rocks into the water! It makes it splash.
- Han stänkte vigvatten på vampyren
- He spattered holy water on the vampire
Usage notes
editThe immediate intuition is of many small drops, whereas skvätta is for larger blobs of liquid.
Conjugation
editConjugation of stänka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | stänka | stänkas | ||
| Supine | stänkt | stänkts | ||
| Imperative | stänk | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | stänken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | stänker | stänkte | stänks, stänkes | stänktes |
| Ind. plural1 | stänka | stänkte | stänkas | stänktes |
| Subjunctive2 | stänke | stänkte | stänkes | stänktes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | stänkande | |||
| Past participle | stänkt | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- stänk (“sprinkling, splash”)
See also
edit- skvätta (“to splash, to scatter”)