planka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Planke.

Noun

plȃnka f (Cyrillic spelling пла̑нка)

1. a plank, a board; sawn piece of timber (thicker than 48 mm)

   Synonym: tȃlpa

Declension

    Declension of planka

	singular	plural
nominative	planka	planke
genitive	planke	planka
dative	planki	plankama
accusative	planku	planke
vocative	planko	planke
locative	planki	plankama
instrumental	plankom	plankama

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German planke, from Latin planca.

Noun

planka c

1. a plank, a board (sawn piece of timber, not too thin)

Declension

Declension of planka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	planka	plankas
	definite	plankan	plankans
plural	indefinite	plankor	plankors
	definite	plankorna	plankornas

Descendants

• → Finnish: lankku

See also

• bräda (“board”)

Verb

planka (present plankar, preterite plankade, supine plankat, imperative planka)

1. to climb the fence (= plank, e.g. to a sports arena), to enter without paying the entrance fee
2. to travel on public transportation without paying due fees
3. (colloquial) plagiarize

   Synonym: plagiera

Conjugation

Conjugation of planka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	planka		—
supine	plankat		—
imperative	planka		—
imper. plural1	planken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	plankar	plankade	—	—
ind. plural1	planka	plankade	—	—
subjunctive2	planke	plankade	—	—
present participle		plankande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• plank

References

• planka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• planka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• planka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN