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 | slakna |
| Present | slaknar |
| Past | slaknade |
| Imperative | slakna |
| Supine | slaknat |
Verbs conjugated like 'slakna'
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 'slakna'
klakna,
sakna,
slackna,
slaka,
slakta,
slana,
slankna,
slokna,
spakna,
avslakna,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Han slaknade på upploppet (He faltered on the home stretch)
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– Men under dom [i nördhierarkin], till och med, där ligger 30 plussare som fortfarande gör Pokémon GO. För det finns inget mer patetiskt.
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– Nej, jag slaknar och torkar ihop likt ett nypon i oktober. (– But below them [in the nerd hierarchy], even, there are 30-somethings who still play Pokémon GO. Because there's nothing more pathetic.
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– No, I go limp and shrivel up like a rosehip in October.) [2024 November 4, “Anders Jansson, svarta väljare i USA-valet och det varmaste man kan äta” (80:15 (no music) from the start), in Morgonpasset i P3 (radio), spoken by Anders Jansson and Linnéa Wikblad, Sveriges Radio:]
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. slakna, sv. dial. slakna; jfr ä. d., d. dial. slagne, fvn., nor. dial. slakna, fär. slakna, bli mager; till SLAK, adj. — Jfr SLACKNA References:
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2. slak (“slack”) + -na (“-en”)
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.