dricka

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish drikka, from Old Norse drekka, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²drɪkːa/

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Verb

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

1. to drink
   • 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Sista natten i Paindalen

     […] Och min farfar och farfars far var fattiga, svultna som jag,
     och i helgnätter, gnistrande klara, sina milor de klubbade till,
     och drucko som jag sin surmjölk och stekte sin sura sill […]

     […] And my grandfather and great grandfather were poor, starved like I,
     and in weekend nights, sparkling clear, went they to their charcoal piles,
     and like I drank their sour milk, and roasted their sour herring […]

2. to regularly drink alcohol

   Nej tack, jag dricker inte.

   No thanks, I don't drink.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dricka (class 3 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dricka		drickas
Supine	druckit		druckits
Imperative	drick		—
Imper. plural1	dricken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dricker	drack	dricks, drickes	dracks
Ind. plural1	dricka	drucko	drickas	druckos
Subjunctive2	dricke	drucke	drickes	druckes
	Participles
Present participle	drickande
Past participle	drucken
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Troponyms

• (to drink): bälga
• (to drink alcohol): supa, svepa

Derived terms

Derived terms

• drickbar
• drickbarhet
• drickfärdig
• dricksfontän
• dricksglas
• drickning
• drickoffer
• dricks
• drickspengar
• drickspenningsystem, drickspenningssystem
• dricksvatten
• dricksvattenfontän

Noun

dricka c

1. (a bottle of) soft drink or (more rarely) beer

   Synonym: (soft drink) läsk

   Vill du ha en dricka? ― Do you want a bottle of soda?

   Hans favoritdricka var 7 Up ― His favorite soft drink was 7 Up

2. (colloquial, mass noun) something to drink during an occasion, (alcoholic) beverage

   Har du fixat dricka?

   Did you get stuff to drink?

   Jag står för drickat om du står för maten

   I'll provide stuff to drink if you provide food

3. (colloquial, mass noun, in the definite "drickat") the water, the sea, the lake

   falla i drickat

   fall into the water ("the drink")

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).

Declension

Declension of dricka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dricka	drickas
	definite	drickan	drickans
plural	indefinite	drickor	drickors
	definite	drickorna	drickornas

Declension of dricka 2, 3

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dricka	drickas
	definite	drickat	drickats
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

• drickaback
• drickabil

Related terms

• dryck

References

• dricka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dricka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)