spøge

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German spȫken, from Old Saxon *spōk, from Proto-Germanic *spōk (“wizardry, witchcraft”).

cognate with Dutch spoken (“to haunt”), English spook (from Dutch), German spuken (from Low German). Derived from the noun spōk (Danish spøg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspøːɣə/, [ˈsb̥øːɪ], [ˈsb̥øːø]

Verb

spøge (past tense spøgte or spøgede, past participle spøgt or spøget)

1. to joke, jest
2. to haunt, ghost

Conjugation

Conjugation of spøge

active passive present spøger spøges past spøgte or spøgede spøgtes or spøgedes infinitive spøge spøges imperative spøg — participle present spøgende past spøgt or spøget (auxiliary verb have) gerund spøgen

Synonyms

• joke
• skæmte

Derived terms

• spøgelse