snickra

Swedish

Etymology

Disputed. Arguably pure back-formation from snickare. Arguably directly from the dialectal verb snicka, from Old Swedish snikka, from Old Norse *sníðka, from sníða (from whence also snida).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɪkˌra/

Verb

snickra (present snickrar, preterite snickrade, supine snickrat, imperative snickra)

  1. to do woodwork or carpentry
  2. (figuratively, usually with ihop) to put together
    snickra ihop en plan
    put together a plan

Conjugation

Conjugation of snickra (weak)
active passive
infinitive snickra snickras
supine snickrat snickrats
imperative snickra —
imper. plural1 snickren —
present past present past
indicative snickrar snickrade snickras snickrades
ind. plural1 snickra snickrade snickras snickrades
subjunctive2 snickre snickrade snickres snickrades
present participle snickrande
past participle snickrad

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

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