In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | nalkas |
| Present | nalkas |
| Past | nalkades |
| Imperative | nalkas |
| Supine | nalkats |
Verbs conjugated like 'nalkas'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nalkas'
nalka,
fylkas,
galnas,
halka,
kalka,
nacka,
nalla,
nappas,
narras,
naska,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Sommaren nalkas. (Summer is approaching.)
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Lejonet nalkades sitt byte. (The lion approached its prey.)
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– Han nalkas, mumlade Ingrid, […] jag ser honom allt tydligare. ("He is approaching," Ingrid murmured, "I see him more and more clearly.") [1857, Viktor Rydberg, Fribytaren på Östersjön [The Freebooter of the Baltic], A. Kösters förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2025:]
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När de nalkades Gröning, blev Orms otålighet stor, och han och Olof [red] före de andra. (As they drew near to Gröning, Orm's impatience increased, and he and Olof rode ahead of the others.) [1945, Frans G. Bengtsson, Röde Orm [The Long Ships], Norstedt & Söners förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2025:]
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[Han] nalkades den uråldrige och fördes fram inför honom. (He approached the Ancient One, and was brought before Him.) [2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Daniel 7:13”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2025:]
Additional Information
nalkas närma sig (högtidligt)
[x nalkas]
Engelsk översättning
approach
Exempel
julen nalkas---Christmas approaches (draws near)
Etymology
From Old Swedish nalkas, nalka, from Middle Low German naleken.
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.