"leka" meaning in Swedish

See leka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈleːˌka/ Audio: Sv-leka.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish lēka, from Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|leka|lēka}} Old Swedish lēka, {{inh|sv|non|leika}} Old Norse leika, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*laikaną}} Proto-Germanic *laikaną, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*leyg-}} Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|leker|preterite|lekte|supine|lekt|imperative|lek|head=}} leka (present leker, preterite lekte, supine lekt, imperative lek) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|lek|end=vl}} Forms: leker [present], lekte [preterite], lekt [supine], lek [imperative], weak [table-tags], leka [active, infinitive], lekas [infinitive, passive], lekt [active, supine], lekts [passive, supine], lek [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], leken [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], leker [active, indicative, present], lekte [active, indicative, past], leks [indicative, passive, present], lekes [indicative, passive, present], lektes [indicative, passive, past], leka [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], lekte [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], lekas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], lektes [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], leke [active, dated, present, subjunctive], lekte [active, dated, past, subjunctive], lekes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], lektes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], lekande [participle, present], lekt [participle, past]
  1. to play (like children)
    Sense id: en-leka-sv-verb-XI-FLEyn Categories (other): Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 28 19 24 28 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 21 29
  2. to play (more generally, sometimes with relaxed or nonchalant connotations)
    Sense id: en-leka-sv-verb-CD-P3qKA Categories (other): Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 28 19 24 28 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 21 29
  3. to pretend to be something (as part of children's play, or more generally by extension)
    Sense id: en-leka-sv-verb-sv:pretend Categories (other): Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 28 19 24 28 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 21 29
  4. (biology) to lek Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-leka-sv-verb-YXliU-Iy Categories (other): Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 28 19 24 28 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 27 23 21 29 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lek

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for leka meaning in Swedish (6.9kB)

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          "text": "Han lekte med pennan",
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          "english": "He's just playing with you",
          "text": "Han bara leker med dig",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "play with words",
          "text": "leka med ord",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "play with someone's feelings",
          "text": "leka med någons känslor",
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          "text": "Barnen lekte",
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          "text": "Barnen lekte att de var tigrar",
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          "text": "Han lekte med pennan",
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          "english": "He's just playing with you",
          "text": "Han bara leker med dig",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "play with words",
          "text": "leka med ord",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "play with someone's feelings",
          "text": "leka med någons känslor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play (more generally, sometimes with relaxed or nonchalant connotations)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "play doctor (pretend to be a doctor)",
          "text": "leka doktor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pretend to be something (as part of children's play, or more generally by extension)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sv:pretend"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sv:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lek"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "lek",
          "lek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) to lek"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleːˌka/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-leka.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Sv-leka.ogg/Sv-leka.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Sv-leka.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leka"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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