teckna

Swedish

Etymology

tecken +‎ -a, like German zeichnen

Pronunciation
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Verb

teckna (present tecknar, preterite tecknade, supine tecknat, imperative teckna)

  1. to draw (especially pencil drawing, as opposed to painting)
  2. to give a sign (using hands), to sign (using sign language)
    polisen tecknade åt mig att stanna
    the policeman gave me a sign to stop

Conjugation
Conjugation of teckna (weak)
Active Passive
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.

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