spöke
Appearance
See also: spoke
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Danish spøg, from Middle Low German spoek, spôk (“spook, ghost”). More at English spook.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spöke n
- a ghost (spirit appearing after death)
- Det läskiga spöket skrämmer mig
- The scary ghost scares me
- Jag blev rädd för det läskiga spöket
- I got scared of the scary ghost
- Är du rädd för spöken?
- Are you afraid of ghosts?
- Spöken kan vara mycket skrämmande
- Ghosts can be very frightening
- Spöken ger mig kalla kårar
- Ghosts send shivers down my spine
- Jag såg ett spöke i den kusliga skogen
- I saw a ghost in the eerie forest
- spöken som spökar på slottet
- ghosts that haunt the castle
- (literally, “ghosts that ghost [engage in ghostly activity] at the castle”)
- Under spöktimmen får man passa sig för spöken
- During the witching hour, you have to watch out for ghosts
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | spöke | spökes |
| definite | spöket | spökets | |
| plural | indefinite | spöken | spökens |
| definite | spökena | spökenas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “spöke”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “spöke”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “spöke”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
