tukta

Swedish

Etymology

tukt +‎ -a, like German züchten

Verb

tukta (present tuktar, preterite tuktade, supine tuktat, imperative tukta)

1. to discipline, to bring up, to punish, to tame
   • 1847, Carl August Hagberg, Swedish translation of William Shakespeare's works

     Så tuktas en argbigga

     The Taming of the Shrew

2. to arrange, to organize (something growing wild, e.g. a plant, a garden)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tukta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tukta		tuktas
Supine	tuktat		tuktats
Imperative	tukta		—
Imper. plural1	tukten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tuktar	tuktade	tuktas	tuktades
Ind. plural1	tukta	tuktade	tuktas	tuktades
Subjunctive2	tukte	tuktade	tuktes	tuktades
	Participles
Present participle	tuktande
Past participle	tuktad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• otukt

References

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

Anagrams

• kutat, kutta