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Swedish
Verb
böka (present bökar, preterite bökade, supine bökat, imperative böka)
- 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)
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