dricka

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish drikka, from Old Norse drekka, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /drɪkːa/
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Verb

dricka (present dricker, preterite drack, supine druckit, imperative drick)

  1. to drink
  2. to regularly drink alcohol

Conjugation
Conjugation of dricka (class 3 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive dricka drickas
Present tense dricker dricks , drickes
Past tense drack dracks
Supine druckit druckits
Imperative drick —
Present participle drickande
Past participle drucken

Troponyms
to drink
  • bälga
to drink alcohol

Compounds
  • drickfärdig
  • dricksfontän
  • dricksglas
  • drickoffer
  • drickspengar
  • drickspenningsystem, drickspenningssystem
  • dricksvatten
  • dricksvattenfontän

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • drickbar
  • drickbarhet

Etymology 2

See the above verb.

Noun

dricka c

  1. a drink; something which is drinkable (especially of soft drinks)
  2. beer or similar drink; rootbeer
  3. (colloquial) the water, the sea, the lake
    Falla i drickat
    fall into the water

Declension
Declension of dricka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dricka drickan drickor drickorna
Genitive drickas drickans drickors drickornas
Declension of dricka 2, 3
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative dricka drickat — —
Genitive drickas drickats — —

Hyponyms

Compounds
  • drickaback
  • drickabil

Usage notes

The neuter form (drickat) refers to the substance in general, e.g. all beverages at a party or all water in the lake. The common gender form (drickan) refers to a specific bottle (min dricka, din dricka) or a specific recipe (svagdrickan, lingondrickan).

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