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 | neka |
| Present | nekar |
| Past | nekade |
| Imperative | neka |
| Supine | nekat |
Verbs conjugated like 'neka'
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 'neka'
eka,
leka,
meka,
nåka,
nega,
neja,
peka,
reka,
teka,
åka,
Translations
forbid, to disallow
Additional Information
neka svara nej, avvisa (ett påstående)
[A nekar (till x)]
Engelsk översättning
deny
Exempel
neka till en anklagelse---deny an accusation
nekande svar---answer in the negative
Etymology
1. fsv. neka; motsv. fgutn. naikka, fd. nege, fnor. neika (nor. dial. neikka); avledn. av den negation som föreligger i fsv. ne, isl. nei (jfr NEJ); formen
näka sannol. uppkommen gm anslutning till NÄ (se NEJ). — Jfr NEJ, NÄKTA, neka References:
1
2. From nej (“no”), similar to jaka (“to say yes”). From Old Swedish neka, Norwegian neikka, Danish nege, applying a -k suffix to Icelandic nei and Old Swedish ne. This goes further back to Germanic nikon. There is also an additional -t suffix in Swedish dialectal näkta, south Swedish nejta, Danish nægte, Norwegian nekta. See: Old Swedish '
neka'.
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.