lukta

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Faroese

Verb

lukta (third person singular past indicative luktaði, third person plural past indicative luktaðu, supine luktað)

  1. to smell

Conjugation

Conjugation of lukta (group v-30)
infinitive lukta
supine luktað
participle (a6)1 luktandi luktaður
present past
first singular lukti luktaði
second singular luktar luktaði
third singular luktar luktaði
plural lukta luktaðu
imperative
singular lukta!
plural luktið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

lukta m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of lukt

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

lukta

  1. inflection of lukte:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lukta f

  1. definite singular of lukt

Ratagnon

Noun

lukta

  1. land

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Verb

lukta (present luktar, preterite luktade, supine luktat, imperative lukta)

  1. to smell; to use one’s nose
    Lukta gärna på blommorna!
    Feel free to smell the flowers!
  2. to smell; to emit a smell
    Det luktar bränt i köket.
    It smells like something is burned in the kitchen.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lukta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive lukta —
Supine luktat —
Imperative lukta —
Imper. plural1 lukten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative luktar luktade — —
Ind. plural1 lukta luktade — —
Subjunctive2 lukte luktade — —
Participles
Present participle luktande
Past participle luktad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

use one's nose
emit smell

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