böka
Swedish
editVerb
editböka (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
edit- 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
editConjugation of böka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | böka | bökas | ||
| Supine | bökat | bökats | ||
| Imperative | böka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | böken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bökar | bökade | bökas | bökades |
| Ind. plural1 | böka | bökade | bökas | bökades |
| Subjunctive2 | böke | bökade | bökes | bökades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bökande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||