stänka
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
stänka (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 edit
The immediate intuition is of many small drops, whereas skvätta is for larger blobs of liquid.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation 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 edit
Related terms edit
- stänk (“sprinkling, splash”)
See also edit
- skvätta (“to splash, to scatter”)