spaka

Old Norse

Adjective

spaka

1. inflection of spakr:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak masculine oblique singular
   4. weak feminine nominative singular
   5. weak neuter singular

Swedish

Etymology 1

spak (“lever”) +‎ -a

Verb

spaka (present spakar, preterite spakade, supine spakat, imperative spaka)

1. (colloquial) to steer, to control (an airplane, or something else that involves levers (or more rarely other things by figurative extension))

   Planet spakas av Nisse

   Nisse is behind the controls in the plane

Conjugation

Conjugation of spaka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	spaka		spakas
Supine	spakat		spakats
Imperative	spaka		—
Imper. plural1	spaken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	spakar	spakade	spakas	spakades
Ind. plural1	spaka	spakade	spakas	spakades
Subjunctive2	spake	spakade	spakes	spakades
	Participles
Present participle	spakande
Past participle	spakad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• knappa
• ratta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

spaka

1. inflection of spak:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• spaka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spaka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spaka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)