dricka
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish drikka, from Old Norse drekka, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.
The noun is derived from the verb.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²drɪkːa/
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Verb
dricka (present dricker, preterite drack, supine druckit, imperative drick)
- to drink
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Sista natten i Paindalen
- […] Och min farfar och farfars far var fattiga, svultna som jag,
och i helgnätter, gnistrande klara, sina milor de klubbade till,
och drucko som jag sin surmjölk och stekte sin sura sill […]- […] And my grandfather and great grandfather were poor, starved like I,
and in weekend nights, sparkling clear, went they to their charcoal piles,
and like I drank their sour milk, and roasted their sour herring […]
- […] And my grandfather and great grandfather were poor, starved like I,
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Sista natten i Paindalen
- to regularly drink alcohol
- Nej tack, jag dricker inte.
- No thanks, I don't drink.
Conjugation
Conjugation of dricka (class 3 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | dricka | drickas | ||
| Supine | druckit | druckits | ||
| Imperative | drick | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | dricken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | dricker | drack | dricks, drickes | dracks |
| Ind. plural1 | dricka | drucko | drickas | druckos |
| Subjunctive2 | dricke | drucke | drickes | druckes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | drickande | |||
| Past participle | ||||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Troponyms
- (to drink): bälga
- (to drink alcohol): supa
Derived terms
Derived terms
- drickbar
- drickbarhet
- drickfärdig
- dricksfontän
- dricksglas
- drickning
- drickoffer
- dricks
- drickspengar
- drickspenningsystem, drickspenningssystem
- dricksvatten
- dricksvattenfontän
Noun
dricka c
- (a bottle of) soft drink or (more rarely) beer
- Vill du ha en dricka? ― Do you want a bottle of soda?
- Hans favoritdricka var 7 Up ― His favorite soft drink was 7 Up
- Synonym: (soft drink) läsk
- (colloquial, mass noun) something to drink during an occasion, (alcoholic) beverage
- Har du fixat dricka?
- Did you get stuff to drink?
- Jag står för drickat om du står för maten
- I'll provide stuff to drink if you provide food
- (colloquial, mass noun, in the definite "drickat") the water, the sea, the lake
- falla i drickat
- fall into the water ("the drink")
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).
Declension
| Declension of dricka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | dricka | drickan | drickor | drickorna |
| Genitive | drickas | drickans | drickors | drickornas |
| Declension of dricka 2, 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | dricka | drickat | — | — |
| Genitive | drickas | drickats | — | — |
Hyponyms
- cider
- juice
- mjölk
- must
- saft
- sockerdricka
- sprit
- svagdricka
- vatten
- vin
- öl
Derived terms
- drickaback
- drickabil
Related terms
- dryck
References
- dricka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (noun sense)