tackla

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: tacklas, tacklât

Verb

tackla

1. third-person singular past historic of tackler

Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish takla. First attested in 1509.

Verb

tackla (present tacklar, preterite tacklade, supine tacklat, imperative tackla)

1. (nautical) rig

Conjugation

Conjugation of tackla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tackla		tacklas
Supine	tacklat		tacklats
Imperative	tackla		—
Imper. plural1	tacklen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tacklar	tacklade	tacklas	tacklades
Ind. plural1	tackla	tacklade	tacklas	tacklades
Subjunctive2	tackle	tacklade	tackles	tacklades
	Participles
Present participle	tacklande
Past participle	tacklad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• tackel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tackle. First attested in 1923.

Verb

tackla (present tacklar, preterite tacklade, supine tacklat, imperative tackla)

1. (sports) tackle

Conjugation

Conjugation of tackla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tackla		tacklas
Supine	tacklat		tacklats
Imperative	tackla		—
Imper. plural1	tacklen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tacklar	tacklade	tacklas	tacklades
Ind. plural1	tackla	tacklade	tacklas	tacklades
Subjunctive2	tackle	tacklade	tackles	tacklades
	Participles
Present participle	tacklande
Past participle	tacklad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• tackling

Further reading

• tackla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tackla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tackla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tackla in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)