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 | klucka |
| Present | kluckar |
| Past | kluckade |
| Imperative | klucka |
| Supine | kluckat |
Verbs conjugated like 'klucka'
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 'klucka'
klacka,
kläcka,
klicka,
klocka,
klunka,
klycka,
kucka,
slucka,
blacka,
bläcka,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Vågorna kluckade mot stenarna (The waves lapped against the rocks)
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I Roslagens famn på den blommande ö, där vågorna klucka [old present tense plural, usually kluckar] mot strand, och vassarna vagga [old present tense plural, usually vaggar] och nyslaget hö, det doftar emot mig ibland. (In Roslagen's embrace on the flowering island, where the waves lap against shore [sic – indefinite], and the reeds sway and of freshly mown hay, it wafts [smells pleasantly, "scents"] towards me sometimes [sic].) [1932, Evert Taube, “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's Waltz]”:]
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1642 i betyd, 'gurgla' - da.
2. klukke, motsv. mlty.
klucken, ags.
cloccian
3. (eng.
cluck); ljudhärmande liksom
4. de ej besläktade lat.
glōcīre (jfr fr a.
5. glousser) o. grek.
klōzein (av
*klōgi-).
6. jfr d.
klukke (i bet. 1), ä. d.
klukke, glukke (i bet. 1 o. 2), mnt. o. nt. samt mht. o. ä. t. klucken (i bet. 1), t. glucken (i bet. 1
a), eng. cluck, clock (i bet. 1); jfr KLUCK, interj. References:
1
7. Onomatopoeic. Compare English cluck, German glucken.
Verbs referencing "klucka"
English
cluck, Spanish
clocar.
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.