klucka

See also: kľučka

Swedish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare English cluck, German glucken.

Verb

klucka (present kluckar, preterite kluckade, supine kluckat, imperative klucka)

  1. to cluck (of a hen)
  2. to lap, to gurgle (of water)
    Vågorna kluckade mot stenarna
    The waves lapped against the rocks
    • 1932, Evert Taube, “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's Waltz]”‎[1]:
      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].

Conjugation

Conjugation of klucka (weak)
active passive
infinitive klucka kluckas
supine kluckat kluckats
imperative klucka —
imper. plural1 klucken —
present past present past
indicative kluckar kluckade kluckas kluckades
ind. plural1 klucka kluckade kluckas kluckades
subjunctive2 klucke kluckade kluckes kluckades
present participle kluckande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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References

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