See spak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"a lever used to control some machine; a lever, a rod, a handle, a stick, a joystick, a control"
],
"links": [
[
"lever",
"lever"
],
[
"rod",
"rod"
],
[
"handle",
"handle"
],
[
"stick",
"stick"
],
[
"joystick",
"joystick"
],
[
"control",
"control"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "grepp"
},
{
"word": "handtag"
},
{
"word": "reglage"
},
{
"word": "stång"
}
],
"word": "spak"
}
Download raw JSONL data for spak meaning in Swedish (7.7kB)
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'common singular'",
"path": [
"spak"
],
"section": "Swedish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "spak",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'all'",
"path": [
"spak"
],
"section": "Swedish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "spak",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). 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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