äska

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish æskia (“to demand; to invite”), from Middle Low German eschen or Middle Low German eischen, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn. Cognate with English ask.

Verb

äska (present äskar, preterite äskade, supine äskat, imperative äska)

1. (dated) request (in particular a certain amount of money)

Conjugation

Conjugation of äska (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	äska		äskas
Supine	äskat		äskats
Imperative	äska		—
Imper. plural1	äsken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	äskar	äskade	äskas	äskades
Ind. plural1	äska	äskade	äskas	äskades
Subjunctive2	äske	äskade	äskes	äskades
	Participles
Present participle	äskande
Past participle	äskad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

From dialectal äska ("little box"), from ask (“box”), from Old Swedish asker, from Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.

Noun

äska c

1. box made out of heat-bent wood

A wooden äska.

Declension

Declension of äska

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	äska	äskas
	definite	äskan	äskans
plural	indefinite	äskor	äskors
	definite	äskorna	äskornas

References

• äska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• äska in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• äska (1) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• äska (2) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)