"dunka" meaning in Swedish

See dunka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Ultimately of imitative origin, possibly from or influenced by Old Norse dengja (“to beat”). Compare modern English dinge, dunch. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|sv|title=imitative}} imitative, {{der|sv|non|dengja|t=to beat}} Old Norse dengja (“to beat”), {{cog|en|dinge}} English dinge Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|dunkar|preterite|dunkade|supine|dunkat|imperative|dunka|head=}} dunka (present dunkar, preterite dunkade, supine dunkat, imperative dunka), {{sv-verb-reg}} dunka (present dunkar, preterite dunkade, supine dunkat, imperative dunka) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: dunkar [present], dunkade [preterite], dunkat [supine], dunka [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], dunka [active, infinitive], dunkas [infinitive, passive], dunkat [active, supine], dunkats [passive, supine], dunka [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], dunken [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], dunkar [active, indicative, present], dunkade [active, indicative, past], dunkas [indicative, passive, present], dunkades [indicative, passive, past], dunka [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], dunkade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], dunkas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], dunkades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], dunke [active, dated, present, subjunctive], dunkade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], dunkes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], dunkades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], dunkande [active, participle, past, present], dunkad [active, participle, past]
  1. to thump, to pound
    Sense id: en-dunka-sv-verb-rtTJDID- Categories (other): Hit, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Swedish onomatopoeias: 70 30
  2. (sports) to dunk (in basketball)
    Sense id: en-dunka-sv-verb-AnUDXvnz Categories (other): Sports, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dunka plåt Related terms: dunk

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "dunkade",
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      "form": "dunkat",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "dunka",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dunka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "dunkas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dunkade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
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    },
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "dunke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dunkade",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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          "text": "Högtalarna dunkade ut basnoter",
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              8,
              15
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              10,
              17
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          "english": "His heart pounded",
          "text": "Hjärtat dunkade",
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              4,
              11
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              3,
              10
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          "english": "He thumped his back (used idiomatically like \"slapped him on the back\")",
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              0,
              5
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              0,
              4
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          "english": "bang one's head against the wall",
          "text": "dunka huvudet i väggen",
          "translation": "bang one's head against the wall",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to thump, to pound"
      ],
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          "thump",
          "thump"
        ],
        [
          "pound",
          "pound"
        ]
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          "_dis": "48 52",
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      ],
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        "lifestyle",
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      ]
    }
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}
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    "Swedish onomatopoeias",
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      "form": "dunka",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "dunkats",
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    {
      "form": "dunka",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "dunkar",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
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    {
      "form": "dunkade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dunkas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
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      "form": "dunkades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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        "present"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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          "english": "The speakers thumped out bass notes",
          "text": "Högtalarna dunkade ut basnoter",
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        },
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          "english": "He thumped his back (used idiomatically like \"slapped him on the back\")",
          "text": "Han dunkade honom i ryggen",
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        },
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              0,
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          "english": "bang one's head against the wall",
          "text": "dunka huvudet i väggen",
          "translation": "bang one's head against the wall",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to thump, to pound"
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        "to dunk (in basketball)"
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        [
          "dunk",
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        "(sports) to dunk (in basketball)"
      ],
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dunka"
}

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