Swedish

Verb

dricka ‎(present dricker, preterite drack, supine druckit, imperative drick)

1. to drink
2. to regularly drink alcohol

Conjugation

Troponyms

to drink

• bälga

to drink alcohol

• supa

Compounds

• drickfärdig
• dricksfontän
• dricksglas
• drickoffer
• drickspengar
• drickspenningsystem, drickspenningssystem
• dricksvatten
• dricksvattenfontän

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the above verb.

Noun

dricka c

1. a drink; something which is drinkable (especially of soft drinks)
2. beer or similar drink; rootbeer
3. (colloquial) the water, the sea, the lake

   Falla i drickat

   fall into the water

Declension

Hyponyms

• cider
• juice
• mjölk
• must
• saft
• sockerdricka
• sprit
• svagdricka
• vatten
• vin
• öl

Compounds

• drickaback
• drickabil

Usage notes

The neuter form (drickat) refers to the substance in general, e.g. all beverages at a party or all water in the lake. The common gender form (drickan) refers to a specific bottle (min dricka, din dricka) or a specific recipe (svagdrickan, lingondrickan).

Related terms

• dryck