räkna
See also: rakna
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish rækna, from Late Old Norse reikna, which is borrowed from Middle Low German rekenen. Cognate with Icelandic reikna, English reckon.
Pronunciation
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Verb
räkna (present räknar, preterite räknade, supine räknat, imperative räkna)
- to count; to enumerate the digits of one's numeral system.
- Kan du räkna till hundra?
- Can you count to a hundred?
- to count; to determine a number
- Han räknade apelsinerna
- He counted the oranges
- to count (as); to consider something an example of something.
- Jag räknar äpplen som en sorts frukt
- I count apples as a type of fruit
- to calculate; to perform a calculation
- Han räknade på uppgift 4
- He was working on (doing calculations related to) assignment 4
- to count on something or someone, to rely on something or someone, to expect something
- Jag räknar med att du är där och sköter dig
- I'm counting on you being there and behaving
- Jag räknar med dig
- I'm counting on you
- Jag räknar med regn
- I'm expecting it'll rain
Conjugation
Conjugation of räkna (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | räkna | räknas | ||
Supine | räknat | räknats | ||
Imperative | räkna | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | räknen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | räknar | räknade | räknas | räknades |
Ind. plural1 | räkna | räknade | räknas | räknades |
Subjunctive2 | räkne | räknade | räknes | räknades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | räknande | |||
Past participle | räknad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
- beräkna (“calculate”)
- räkna av
- räkna fram (“calculate”)
- räkna ihop (“add up”)
- räkna in
- räkna med (“include, take into consideration (in a calculation)”)
- räkna ned (“count down”) / räkna ner
- räkna upp (“enumerate”)
- räkna ut (“calculate”)
- räknare (“counter, calculator”)
- räknas (“be counted (as)”)
- räkneord (“numerals”)
Further reading
- räkna in Svensk ordbok.
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