stänka

See also: stanka and stånka

Swedish

Etymology

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Verb

stänka (present stänker, preterite stänkte, supine stänkt, imperative stänk)

  1. (sometimes impersonal) to splash with scattered drops or a small amount of some liquid, to spatter, to sprinkle
    Sluta kasta stenar i vattnet! Det stänker.
    Stop throwing rocks into the water! It makes it splash.
    Han stänkte vigvatten på vampyren
    He spattered holy water on the vampire

Usage notes

The immediate intuition is of many small drops, whereas skvätta is for larger blobs of liquid.

Conjugation

Conjugation of stänka (weak)
active passive
infinitive stänka stänkas
supine stänkt stänkts
imperative stänk —
imper. plural1 stänken —
present past present past
indicative stänker stänkte stänks, stänkes stänktes
ind. plural1 stänka stänkte stänkas stänktes
subjunctive2 stänke stänkte stänkes stänktes
present participle stänkande
past participle stänkt

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

Derived terms

  • stänk (“sprinkling, splash”)

See also

References

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