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 | mäkta |
| Present | mäktar |
| Past | mäktade |
| Imperative | mäkta |
| Supine | mäktat |
Verbs conjugated like 'mäkta'
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 'mäkta'
äkta,
fäkta,
häkta,
jäkta,
mäkla,
mäkra,
mälta,
mäta,
mätta,
smäkta,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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De mäktade inte med att äta mer. (They couldn't manage to eat more.)
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Han mäktade inte med uppgiften. (He wasn't up to the task.)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv., sv. dial. mäkta, mäktas; jfr d. mægte, nor. mekte, isl. mekta, mektast; avledn. av MAKT. — Jfr MAKTA References:
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2. Inherited from Old Swedish mækta, equivalent to makt (“power, might”) + -a. First attested in 1381.
Cognates
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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.