spöka
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
spöke (“ghost”) + -a. Sense 4 is a calque of English ghost (verb).
Verb[edit]
spöka (present spökar, preterite spökade, supine spökat, imperative spöka)
- (intransitive, of ghosts) to haunt
- Synonym: hemsöka
- Vissa tror att den döda kungen fortfarande spökar i korridorerna i sitt gamla slott.
- Some believe that the dead king still haunts the halls of his old castle.
- (impersonal) to be haunted
- Jag tror att det spökar härinne.
- I think this place is haunted.
- (literally, “I think it's haunted in here.”)
- (figurative, intransitive) to haunt; to cause recurring unease or discomfort
- Min son kan inte sova om nätterna. Kan det vara de kommande proven som spökar?
- My son can't sleep at night. Could the upcoming tests be haunting him?
- (transitive) to ghost (to leave a romantic or sexual relationship with no prior announcement)
Declension[edit]
Conjugation of spöka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | spöka | spökas | ||
| Supine | spökat | spökats | ||
| Imperative | spöka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | spöken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | spökar | spökade | spökas | spökades |
| Ind. plural1 | spöka | spökade | spökas | spökades |
| Subjunctive2 | spöke | spökade | spökes | spökades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | spökande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms[edit]
- spöka ut (“dress outrageously”)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- hemsökt (“haunted”)