teckna
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tecken + -a, like German zeichnen
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]teckna (present tecknar, preterite tecknade, supine tecknat, imperative teckna)
- to draw (especially with pencils, as opposed to painting)
- Synonym: (usually of simpler, more line-based drawings) rita
- to sign (with hand or other gestures)
- Polisen tecknade åt mig att stanna
- The policeman gave me a sign to stop
- (somewhat dated) to write (a signature or the like)
- to sign, to take out, to sign up (by signing, in some sense)
- teckna ett avtal med en firma
- sign a contract with a company
- teckna en försäkring
- take out an insurance policy
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of teckna (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | teckna | tecknas | ||
Supine | tecknat | tecknats | ||
Imperative | teckna | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | tecknen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | tecknar | tecknade | tecknas | tecknades |
Ind. plural1 | teckna | tecknade | tecknas | tecknades |
Subjunctive2 | teckne | tecknade | tecknes | tecknades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | tecknande | |||
Past participle | tecknad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
[edit]- anteckna
- avteckna
- beteckna
- dubbelteckna
- förteckna
- inteckna
- känneteckna
- nedteckna
- överteckna
- tecknare
- teckning
- underteckna
- uppteckna