tukta
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tukt + -a, like German züchten
Verb
[edit]tukta (present tuktar, preterite tuktade, supine tuktat, imperative tukta)
- to discipline, to bring up, to punish, to tame
- 1847, Carl August Hagberg, Swedish translation of William Shakespeare's works
- Så tuktas en argbigga
- The Taming of the Shrew
- 1847, Carl August Hagberg, Swedish translation of William Shakespeare's works
- to arrange, to organize (something growing wild, e.g. a plant, a garden)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tukta | tuktas | ||
| supine | tuktat | tuktats | ||
| imperative | tukta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | tukten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | tuktar | tuktade | tuktas | tuktades |
| ind. plural1 | tukta | tuktade | tuktas | tuktades |
| subjunctive2 | tukte | tuktade | tuktes | tuktades |
| present participle | tuktande | |||
| past participle | tuktad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- tukta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tukta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tukta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)