räkna
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See also: rakna
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish rækna, from Late Old Norse reikna, which is borrowed from Middle Low German rekenen. Cognate with Icelandic reikna, English reckon.
Pronunciation
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Verb
räkna (present räknar, preterite räknade, supine räknat, imperative räkna)
- to count (enumerate consecutive numbers)
- Kan du räkna till hundra?
- Can you count to a hundred?
- to count (determine the number of)
- Han räknade apelsinerna
- He counted the oranges
- to count (as) (consider as)
- Jag räknar äpplen som en sorts frukt
- I count apples as a type of fruit
- to calculate (perform calculations)
- Han räknade på uppgift 4
- He was working on (doing calculations related to) assignment 4
- sitta och räkna matte
- sit and do math
- to count on something or someone, to rely on something or someone, to expect something
- Jag räknar med att du är där och sköter dig
- I'm counting on you being there and behaving
- Jag räknar med dig
- I'm counting on you
- Jag räknar med regn
- I'm expecting it'll rain
Conjugation
Conjugation of räkna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | räkna | räknas | ||
| Supine | räknat | räknats | ||
| Imperative | räkna | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | räknen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | räknar | räknade | räknas | räknades |
| Ind. plural1 | räkna | räknade | räknas | räknades |
| Subjunctive2 | räkne | räknade | räknes | räknades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | räknande | |||
| Past participle | räknad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- beräkna (“calculate”)
- räkna av
- räkna fram (“calculate”)
- räkna ihop (“add up”)
- räkna in
- räkna med (“include, take into consideration (in a calculation)”)
- räkna ned (“count down”) / räkna ner
- räkna upp (“enumerate”)
- räkna ut (“calculate”)
- räknare (“counter, calculator”)
- räknas (“be counted (as)”)
- räkneord (“numerals”)
Descendants
References
- räkna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- räkna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- räkna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)