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)
- to drink
- to regularly drink alcohol
Conjugation
Troponyms
- to drink
- bälga
- to drink alcohol
Compounds
- drickfärdig
- dricksfontän
- dricksglas
- drickoffer
- drickspengar
- drickspenningsystem, drickspenningssystem
- dricksvatten
- dricksvattenfontän
Derived terms
Derived terms
- drickbar
- drickbarhet
- drickning
- dricks
Etymology 2
See the above verb.
Noun
dricka c
- a drink; something which is drinkable (especially of soft drinks)
- beer or similar drink; rootbeer
- (colloquial) the water, the sea, the lake
- Falla i drickat
- fall into the water
- Falla i drickat
Declension
| Declension of dricka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | dricka | drickan | drickor | drickorna |
| Genitive | drickas | drickans | drickors | drickornas |
| Declension of dricka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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