kläcks

Kläcks is the present passive form of the Swedish verb kläcka, meaning to hatch or to emerge from an egg after incubation. It is most commonly used to describe eggs or other things that hatch, such as in biology or farming. For example, ägget kläcks efter ungefär tre veckor.

In addition to its biological sense, kläcka can be used in figurative expressions in the active voice, such as kläcka en plan (to hatch a plan). The passive form kläcks is primarily found with natural hatching processes rather than with deliberate acts.

Etymology and history: The verb kläcka belongs to the Germanic family of languages and has been part of Swedish since the medieval period. The exact origin of the word is not entirely settled, but it is related to roots that express breaking out, cracking, or emergence.

Grammatical notes: In the present tense, the active forms include jag kläcker, du kläcker, han/hon kläcker, vi kläcker, ni kläcker, de kläcker. The past tense is kläckte, and the supine is kläckt. The present passive form is kläcks, and it is typically used with singular neuter subjects, for example ägget kläcks.