tukta

tukta

Swedish

Etymology

tukt +‎ -a, like German züchten

Verb

tukta (present tuktar, preterite tuktade, supine tuktat, imperative tukta)

1. to discipline, to bring up, to punish, to tame
   • 1847, Carl August Hagberg, Swedish translation of Shakespeare's works

     Så tuktas en argbigga

     The Taming of the Shrew

2. to arrange, to organize (something growing wild, e.g. a plant, a garden)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tukta (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	tukta	tuktas
Present tense	tuktar	tuktas
Past tense	tuktade	tuktades
Supine	tuktat	tuktats
Imperative	tukta	—
Present participle	tuktande
Past participle	tuktad