In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | fika |
| Present | fikar |
| Past | fikade |
| Imperative | fika |
| Supine | fikat |
Verbs conjugated like 'fika'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fika'
dika,
ficka,
fila,
fina,
finka,
fira,
fisa,
fiska,
fixa,
flika,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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De är det fikande folket. (They are the people that enjoy fika.)
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Det var strax efter lunchtid, och man fikade för tredje gången denna torsdag. (It was right after lunchtime, and one had fika for the third time this thursday.) [2000, Arne Dahl, Upp till toppen av berget:]
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. fikia, skynda, ivrigt sträva, sv. dial. fika(s), motsv. d. fige, nor. dial. fīka, isl. fíkjask; sannol. i avljudsförh. till nor. dial. fĭka, ivrigt röra armarna fram o. tillbaka (jfr t. ficken, gnida); se för övr.
Torp under fĭka o. fīka References: 1
2. This sense is attested in writing from 1910. One possible explanation is that the word is formed by backslang of the syllables in the dialectal word kaffi (“coffee”), from Dutch koffie or a similar source. Another possible etymology is that it is derived from the older verb fika (desire, crave – see § Etymology 2), in the sense of craving something sweet.
Verbs referencing "fika"
Danish fige, English fidge, Finnish with old forms fiikata.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.