lukta

Faroese

Verb

lukta (third person singular past indicative luktaði, third person plural past indicative luktaðu, supine luktað)

1. to smell

Conjugation

Conjugation of lukta (group v-30)
infinitive	lukta
supine	luktað
participle (a6)1	luktandi	luktaður
	present	past
first singular	lukti	luktaði
second singular	luktar	luktaði
third singular	luktar	luktaði
plural	lukta	luktaðu
	imperative
singular	lukta!
plural	luktið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• lukten

Noun

lukta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lukt

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• luktet

Verb

lukta

1. inflection of lukte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lukta f

1. definite singular of lukt

Ratagnon

Noun

lukta

1. land

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Verb

lukta (present luktar, preterite luktade, supine luktat, imperative lukta)

1. to smell; to use one’s nose

   Lukta gärna på blommorna!

   Feel free to smell the flowers!

2. to smell; to emit a smell

   Det luktar bränt i köket.

   It smells like something is burned in the kitchen.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lukta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	lukta		—
Supine	luktat		—
Imperative	lukta		—
Imper. plural1	lukten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	luktar	luktade	—	—
Ind. plural1	lukta	luktade	—	—
Subjunctive2	lukte	luktade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	luktande
Past participle	luktad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

use one's nose

• sniffa

emit smell

• dofta
• osa

Related terms

• lukt

Further reading

• lukta in Svensk ordbok.