böka

Swedish

Verb

böka (present bökar, preterite bökade, supine bökat, imperative böka)

  1. to root (of swine, or of messy digging, overturning, searching, etc., more generally)
    Grisarna bökade i jorden
    The pigs were rooting in the dirt
    En gris hade bökat upp hela landet
    A pig had torn up the entire garden plot
    Han bökade runt efter skiftnyckeln i lådan
    He rooted around in the box for his adjustable wrench

Usage notes

  • Idiomatically what pigs do, rather than rota, which sounds like messy searching more generically.
  • Often with a particle like runt (“around”), omkring (“around”), or upp (“up”) (for tearing up ground through rooting).

Conjugation

Conjugation of böka (weak)
active passive
infinitive böka bökas
supine bökat bökats
imperative böka —
imper. plural1 böken —
present past present past
indicative bökar bökade bökas bökades
ind. plural1 böka bökade bökas bökades
subjunctive2 böke bökade bökes bökades
present participle bökande
past participle —

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

References

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