stänka
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
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Verb
[edit]stänka (present stänker, preterite stänkte, supine stänkt, imperative stänk)
- (sometimes impersonal) to splash with scattered drops or a small amount of some liquid, to spatter, to sprinkle
- Sluta kasta stenar i vattnet! Det stänker.
- Stop throwing rocks into the water! It makes it splash.
- Han stänkte vigvatten på vampyren
- He spattered holy water on the vampire
Usage notes
[edit]The immediate intuition is of many small drops, whereas skvätta is for larger blobs of liquid.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stänka | stänkas | ||
| supine | stänkt | stänkts | ||
| imperative | stänk | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | stänken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | stänker | stänkte | stänks, stänkes | stänktes |
| ind. plural1 | stänka | stänkte | stänkas | stänktes |
| subjunctive2 | stänke | stänkte | stänkes | stänktes |
| present participle | stänkande | |||
| past participle | stänkt | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- stänk (“sprinkling, splash”)
See also
[edit]- skvätta (“to splash, to scatter”)