"leka" meaning in Swedish

See leka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈleːˌka/ Audio: Sv-leka.ogg
Rhymes: -²eːka 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
  2. to play (more generally, sometimes with relaxed or nonchalant connotations)
    Sense id: en-leka-sv-verb-CD-P3qKA
  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
  4. (biology) to lek Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-leka-sv-verb-YXliU-Iy Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 5 3 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 3 2 2 3 6 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 2 11 11 4 3 2 2 2 5 2 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 14 16 3 2 1 1 2 6 2 17 Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 4 18 6 72 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 5 19 7 69 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lek

Inflected forms

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      "form": "leker",
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    {
      "form": "lekte",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lekt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lek",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "leka",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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    },
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      "form": "lekas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lekt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
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    },
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      "form": "lekts",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "lek",
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "leken",
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        "indicative",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "lekte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "present"
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        "present"
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        "passive",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
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        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "lekande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lekt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "7": "supine",
        "8": "lekt",
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lek"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "english": "The children were playing",
          "text": "Barnen lekte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The children play-pretended that they were tigers",
          "text": "Barnen lekte att de var tigrar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The children played circus (pretended they were in a circus or the like)",
          "text": "Barnen lekte cirkus",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to play (like children)"
      ],
      "id": "en-leka-sv-verb-XI-FLEyn",
      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "He played with his pencil",
          "text": "Han lekte med pennan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He's just playing with you",
          "text": "Han bara leker med dig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "play with words",
          "text": "leka med ord",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "play with someone's feelings",
          "text": "leka med någons känslor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to play (more generally, sometimes with relaxed or nonchalant connotations)"
      ],
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        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
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          "english": "play doctor (pretend to be a doctor)",
          "text": "leka doktor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to pretend to be something (as part of children's play, or more generally by extension)"
      ],
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        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ]
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        "sv:pretend"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "sv:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 3 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 3 2 2 3 6 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 2 11 11 4 3 2 2 2 5 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 14 16 3 2 1 1 2 6 2 17",
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        "to lek"
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          "lek",
          "lek"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) to lek"
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-²eːka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leka"
}
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    "Rhymes:Swedish/²eːka/2 syllables",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    },
    {
      "form": "lekte",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lekt",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "leka",
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      "form": "lekas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "lekt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lekts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lek",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leken",
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        "imperative",
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    {
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "leks",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lekes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lektes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leka",
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        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lekte",
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    },
    {
      "form": "lekas",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lektes",
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        "past",
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    },
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        "present",
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      "form": "lekande",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lekt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
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        {
          "english": "The children were playing",
          "text": "Barnen lekte",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The children play-pretended that they were tigers",
          "text": "Barnen lekte att de var tigrar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The children played circus (pretended they were in a circus or the like)",
          "text": "Barnen lekte cirkus",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to play (like children)"
      ],
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        [
          "play",
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        ]
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "He played with his pencil",
          "text": "Han lekte med pennan",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He's just playing with you",
          "text": "Han bara leker med dig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "play with words",
          "text": "leka med ord",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "play with someone's feelings",
          "text": "leka med någons känslor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to play (more generally, sometimes with relaxed or nonchalant connotations)"
      ],
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        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "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)"
      ],
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        [
          "pretend",
          "pretend"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sv:pretend"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sv:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lek"
      ],
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        [
          "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"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-²eːka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leka"
}

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