schakta

Swedish

Etymology

schakt (“shaft”) +‎ -a

Verb

schakta (present schaktar, preterite schaktade, supine schaktat, imperative schakta)

  1. to excavate (as part of a construction project)
  2. (with bort (“away”)) as above, specifying the thing being removed
    schakta bort jord
    remove dirt when excavating
    schakta bort en tennisbana
    "excavate away" a tennis court

Conjugation
Conjugation of schakta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive schakta schaktas
Supine schaktat schaktats
Imperative schakta —
Imper. plural1 schakten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative schaktar schaktade schaktas schaktades
Ind. plural1 schakta schaktade schaktas schaktades
Subjunctive2 schakte schaktade schaktes schaktades
Participles
Present participle schaktande
Past participle schaktad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

See also
  • gräva ut (“excavate (for archeological purposes)”)

References
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