strejka
Swedish
Etymology
Verb
strejka (present strejkar, preterite strejkade, supine strejkat, imperative strejka)
- to go or be on strike, to strike (stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions, or go or be on hunger strike or the like)
- Arbetarna strejkar
- The workers are on strike
- (figuratively, of a device or machine or the like) to not work (be functional)
- Bilen strejkar
- The car won't start [for example]
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | strejka | strejkas | ||
| supine | strejkat | strejkats | ||
| imperative | strejka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | strejken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | strejkar | strejkade | strejkas | strejkades |
| ind. plural1 | strejka | strejkade | strejkas | strejkades |
| subjunctive2 | strejke | strejkade | strejkes | strejkades |
| present participle | strejkande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
- hungerstrejka
- matstrejka