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räkna

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Swedish rækna, from Late Old Norse reikna, which is borrowed from Middle Low German rekenen. Cognate with Icelandic reikna, English reckon.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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räkna (present räknar, preterite räknade, supine räknat, imperative räkna)

  1. to count (enumerate consecutive numbers)
    Kan du räkna till hundra?
    Can you count to a hundred?
  2. to count (determine the number of)
    Han räknade apelsinerna
    He counted the oranges
  3. to count (as) (consider as)
    Jag räknar äpplen som en sorts frukt
    I count apples as a type of fruit
  4. to calculate (perform calculations)
    Han räknade på uppgift 4
    He was working on (doing calculations related to) assignment 4
    sitta och räkna matte
    sit and do math
  5. to count on something or someone, to rely on something or someone, to expect something
    Jag räknar med att du är där och sköter dig
    I'm counting on you being there and behaving
    Jag räknar med dig
    I'm counting on you
    Jag räknar med regn
    I'm expecting it'll rain

Conjugation

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Conjugation of räkna (weak)
active passive
infinitive räkna räknas
supine räknat räknats
imperative räkna
imper. plural1 räknen
present past present past
indicative räknar räknade räknas räknades
ind. plural1 räkna räknade räknas räknades
subjunctive2 räkne räknade räknes räknades
present participle räknande
past participle räknad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: reknata

References

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Anagrams

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