runka

Icelandic

Verb

runka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative runkaði, supine runkað)

1. Only used in runka sér (“to masturbate”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

runka

1. simple past and past participle of runke

Alternative forms

• runket

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• runke

Etymology

Probably related to rugge and ranke

Verb

runka (present tense runkar, past tense runka, past participle runka, passive infinitive runkast, present participle runkande, imperative runka/runk)

1. (colloquial) wank
2. (nautical) roll, sway, rock
3. walk heavily and slowly, typically by oneself

Synonyms

• (wank): masturbera/masturbere, onanera/onanere

References

• “runka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Aasen Ivar Norsk Ordbog (1873), new edition (Kruken, Kristoffer and Aarset, Terje, eds.), Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo (2003)

Swedish

Alternative forms

• runcka (obsolete)

Verb

runka (present runkar, preterite runkade, supine runkat, imperative runka)

1. (archaic) to slowly shake, to wobble, to rock

   Han runkade på huvudet

   He shook his head

   Farfar satt och runkade i gungstolen

   Grandpa was rocking in his rocking chair

2. (vulgar, usually intransitive) to jerk off, to wank (masturbate, of males)

   Han runkade

   He jerked off

   Han runkade sin kuk

   He jerked his cock

   – Säg "spring, bil, snö, penna" på engelska! – Run, car, snow, pen.

   – Say "run, car, snow, pen" in English! – Run, car, snow, pen (sounds like "runkar snoppen" (jerks the dick) – widespread joke).

   • 1968, Johnny Bode (lyrics and music), “Runka mig med vita handskar på [Wank me with white gloves on]”, in Bordellmammas visor [Brothel madam's songs], performed by Johnny Bode, Lillemor Dahlqvist, Kanarie-Kvartetten, and Ron-Sextetten:

     Runka mig med vita handskar på. Det är enda sättet det kan gå.

     Wank me with white gloves on. That's the only way I can come.

Usage notes

Seldom used unironically in the archaic sense in modern times due to strong associations with the second sense.

Conjugation

Conjugation of runka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	runka		runkas
Supine	runkat		runkats
Imperative	runka		—
Imper. plural1	runken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	runkar	runkade	runkas	runkades
Ind. plural1	runka	runkade	runkas	runkades
Subjunctive2	runke	runkade	runkes	runkades
	Participles
Present participle	runkande
Past participle	runkad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• onanera
• masturbera

Synonyms (slang)

• taja
• dra en runk
• dra en Tarzan
• dra en handtralla
• rulla skinn
• ruska tupp
• spela köttflöjt
• spela skinnbanjo
• åka skinnhiss

Derived terms

• gråtrunka (“to cry and jerk off at the same time”)
• oomkullrunkelig (“irrefutable”)
• runka av någon (“to jack somebody off”)
• runkbulle (“soggy biscuit”)
• runkbås (“masturbation booth”)
• runkmuskel
• runkobjekt
• sumprunkare

Related terms

• runk (“a wank”)

See also

• Lena Handén
• fröken Höger
• klittra
• pulla
• självbefläckelse

References

• runka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• runka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• runka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)