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 | spika |
| Present | spikar |
| Past | spikade |
| Imperative | spika |
| Supine | spikat |
Verbs conjugated like 'spika'
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 'spika'
pika,
spaka,
spåka,
späka,
spicka,
spikna,
spila,
spira,
spisa,
spöka,
Translations
nail, employ a nail as a fastener
Sample Sentences
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spika med en hammare (drive nails with a hammer)
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spika fast stolarna i golvet (nail [drive-nails fast/fixed] the chairs to the floor)
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spika upp en anslagstavla på väggen (nail [drive-nails up] a bulletin board to the wall)
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Grannens spikande väckte mig (My neighbor's hammering woke me up)
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Vi har inte spikat semesterplanerna än (We haven't nailed down the vacation plans yet)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. spika; jfr ä. dan. o. dan. dial. spige; avledn. av SPIK, sbst.
1 (jfr SPIKAS). — Jfr SPIKAD
2. till SPIK-RAK (o. förb.
spik rak(t)) l. SPIK, adv. (i bet.
II 2)
3. sannol. till sv. slang spik, seger, förstaplats, möjl. utlöst ur ssgr ss. SPIK-SÄKER, adj.
2, i fråga om säker l. klar seger, l. SPIK-RAK, i fråga om seger vunnen gm att segraren gått rakt (o. därigm snabbast) på målet References:
1 2 3
4. spik + -a
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.