stöka

See also: stoka

Swedish

From a verb meaning "to move things around," from or cognate Middle Low German stûken (“to push, bump, compress”), from Old Saxon *stūkan, from Proto-Germanic *stūkaną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to pound, push, beat”).

By surface analysis, stök +‎ -a. Possibly related to English stook, stoke. Compare origin of stock, stuka.

stöka (present stökar, preterite stökade, supine stökat, imperative stöka)

(with till (“up”) or ner (“down”)) to make a mess (especially indoors)
Barnen har stökat ner rummet
The children have made a mess of the room

Usch vad du stökat till
Ugh, what a mess you've made
(with till (“up”), figuratively) to mess up (cause problems for)
Vi tänkte hålla bokmässan nästa vecka, men zombieinvasionen har stökat till det
We were going to hold the book fair next week, but the zombie invasion has messed up our plans

Stormen kan stöka till det i trafiken
The storm could cause some traffic messiness
(with undan (“away”)) to remove, to clear (and put away somewhere, in a somewhat (figuratively) noisy manner)
Bedragarna hade snabbt stökat undan alla bevis
The swindlers had quickly cleared away all evidence
(with undan (“away”), figuratively) to finish (something)
Stöka undan lite pappersarbete
Be done with some paperwork
to do (household) work (in a somewhat comfy and noisy manner)
stöka i köket
bustle about in the kitchen