vakta
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
vakta m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
vakta f
Verb edit
vakta (present tense vaktar, past tense vakta, past participle vakta, passive infinitive vaktast, present participle vaktande, imperative vakta/vakt)
- alternative form of vakte
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse vakta, from Middle Low German wachten, from Old Saxon *wahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic *wahtwēn (“to keep watch”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vakta (present vaktar, preterite vaktade, supine vaktat, imperative vakta)
- to guard (to protect from some offence)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of vakta (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | vakta | vaktas | ||
Supine | vaktat | vaktats | ||
Imperative | vakta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | vakten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | vaktar | vaktade | vaktas | vaktades |
Ind. plural1 | vakta | vaktade | vaktas | vaktades |
Subjunctive2 | vakte | vaktade | vaktes | vaktades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | vaktande | |||
Past participle | vaktad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Further reading edit
- vakta in Svensk ordbok.