"spik" meaning in Swedish

See spik in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /spiːk/ Audio: Sv-en spik.ogg
Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Old Norse spíkr, from Proto-Germanic *spīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”). Etymology templates: {{root|sv|ine-pro|*spey-}}, {{der|sv|non|spíkr}} Old Norse spíkr, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*spīkaz}} Proto-Germanic *spīkaz, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*spey-||expand, extend, stretch}} Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} spik c, {{sv-noun|c}} spik c
  1. a nail (spike-shaped metal fastener) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-spik-sv-noun-qT8yZQ~p
  2. (collectively) nails (spike-shaped metal fasteners) Tags: collective, common-gender
    Sense id: en-spik-sv-noun-EJ5HJIjB
  3. an (almost) fail-safe bet Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-spik-sv-noun-TYZA2wnr
  4. (horse gambling) a single (sometimes a banker); a bet on only a single horse (to win) in a race Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-spik-sv-noun-SqXfXCfT Categories (other): Betting
  5. hole in one (in miniature golf) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-spik-sv-noun-akGkS73z Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 15 8 30 14 21
  6. (in some compounds) completely, utterly Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-spik-sv-noun-djDHo2u3
  7. (glassblowing) a rod of iron used in manual production of glass objects. May have all kinds of length and diameter, and can be used in many different ways. May be hollow inside, but must never have any hole on the tip. Must not be confused with puntel and the glass-blower pipe. Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-spik-sv-noun-Z~TDwZER Categories (other): Glassblowing Topics: arts, crafts, glassblowing, hobbies, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: småspik (english: small nails), spiknykter (english: cold sober), spikrak Related terms: spika, spikning, nagel (english: nail (on a finger or toe)), nubb (english: tack)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "small nails",
      "translation": "small nails",
      "word": "småspik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "cold sober",
      "translation": "cold sober",
      "word": "spiknykter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spikrak"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*spey-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "spíkr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse spíkr",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*spīkaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *spīkaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*spey-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "expand, extend, stretch"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse spíkr, from Proto-Germanic *spīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "spik c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "spik c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spika"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spikning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "nail (on a finger or toe)",
      "translation": "nail (on a finger or toe)",
      "word": "nagel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "tack",
      "translation": "tack",
      "word": "nubb"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "drive a nail with a hammer",
          "text": "slå i en spik med en hammare",
          "translation": "drive a nail with a hammer",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spik-sv-noun-qT8yZQ~p",
      "links": [
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "hammer and nails",
          "text": "hammare och spik",
          "translation": "hammer and nails",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nails (spike-shaped metal fasteners)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spik-sv-noun-EJ5HJIjB",
      "links": [
        [
          "nails",
          "nails"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(collectively) nails (spike-shaped metal fasteners)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an (almost) fail-safe bet"
      ],
      "id": "en-spik-sv-noun-TYZA2wnr",
      "links": [
        [
          "fail-safe",
          "fail-safe"
        ],
        [
          "bet",
          "bet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Betting",
          "orig": "sv:Betting",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A single in race 5.",
          "text": "En spik i lopp 5.",
          "translation": "A single in race 5.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Horse 3 is a banker in race 4.",
          "literal_meaning": "Horse 3 is a safe single in race 4.",
          "text": "Häst 3 är en säker spik i lopp 4.",
          "translation": "Horse 3 is a banker in race 4.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a single (sometimes a banker); a bet on only a single horse (to win) in a race"
      ],
      "id": "en-spik-sv-noun-SqXfXCfT",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambling",
          "gambling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ],
        [
          "banker",
          "banker"
        ],
        [
          "bet",
          "bet"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ],
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "horse gambling",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(horse gambling) a single (sometimes a banker); a bet on only a single horse (to win) in a race"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 15 8 30 14 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hole in one (in miniature golf)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spik-sv-noun-akGkS73z",
      "links": [
        [
          "hole in one",
          "hole in one"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "completely, utterly"
      ],
      "id": "en-spik-sv-noun-djDHo2u3",
      "links": [
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ],
        [
          "utterly",
          "utterly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in some compounds) completely, utterly"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in some compounds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Glassblowing",
          "orig": "sv:Glassblowing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a rod of iron used in manual production of glass objects. May have all kinds of length and diameter, and can be used in many different ways. May be hollow inside, but must never have any hole on the tip. Must not be confused with puntel and the glass-blower pipe."
      ],
      "id": "en-spik-sv-noun-Z~TDwZER",
      "links": [
        [
          "glassblowing",
          "glassblowing"
        ],
        [
          "iron",
          "iron"
        ],
        [
          "manual",
          "manual"
        ],
        [
          "glass",
          "glass"
        ],
        [
          "puntel",
          "puntel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(glassblowing) a rod of iron used in manual production of glass objects. May have all kinds of length and diameter, and can be used in many different ways. May be hollow inside, but must never have any hole on the tip. Must not be confused with puntel and the glass-blower pipe."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "crafts",
        "glassblowing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spiːk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-en spik.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Sv-en_spik.ogg/Sv-en_spik.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Sv-en_spik.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spik"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Swedish/iːk",
    "Rhymes:Swedish/iːk/1 syllable",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *spey-"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "small nails",
      "translation": "small nails",
      "word": "småspik"
    },
    {
      "english": "cold sober",
      "translation": "cold sober",
      "word": "spiknykter"
    },
    {
      "word": "spikrak"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*spey-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "spíkr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse spíkr",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*spīkaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *spīkaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*spey-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "expand, extend, stretch"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse spíkr, from Proto-Germanic *spīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "spik c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "spik c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spika"
    },
    {
      "word": "spikning"
    },
    {
      "english": "nail (on a finger or toe)",
      "translation": "nail (on a finger or toe)",
      "word": "nagel"
    },
    {
      "english": "tack",
      "translation": "tack",
      "word": "nubb"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "drive a nail with a hammer",
          "text": "slå i en spik med en hammare",
          "translation": "drive a nail with a hammer",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish collective nouns",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "hammer and nails",
          "text": "hammare och spik",
          "translation": "hammer and nails",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nails (spike-shaped metal fasteners)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nails",
          "nails"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(collectively) nails (spike-shaped metal fasteners)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an (almost) fail-safe bet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fail-safe",
          "fail-safe"
        ],
        [
          "bet",
          "bet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "sv:Betting"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A single in race 5.",
          "text": "En spik i lopp 5.",
          "translation": "A single in race 5.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Horse 3 is a banker in race 4.",
          "literal_meaning": "Horse 3 is a safe single in race 4.",
          "text": "Häst 3 är en säker spik i lopp 4.",
          "translation": "Horse 3 is a banker in race 4.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a single (sometimes a banker); a bet on only a single horse (to win) in a race"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gambling",
          "gambling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ],
        [
          "banker",
          "banker"
        ],
        [
          "bet",
          "bet"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ],
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "horse gambling",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(horse gambling) a single (sometimes a banker); a bet on only a single horse (to win) in a race"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hole in one (in miniature golf)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hole in one",
          "hole in one"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "completely, utterly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ],
        [
          "utterly",
          "utterly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in some compounds) completely, utterly"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in some compounds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sv:Glassblowing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a rod of iron used in manual production of glass objects. May have all kinds of length and diameter, and can be used in many different ways. May be hollow inside, but must never have any hole on the tip. Must not be confused with puntel and the glass-blower pipe."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "glassblowing",
          "glassblowing"
        ],
        [
          "iron",
          "iron"
        ],
        [
          "manual",
          "manual"
        ],
        [
          "glass",
          "glass"
        ],
        [
          "puntel",
          "puntel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(glassblowing) a rod of iron used in manual production of glass objects. May have all kinds of length and diameter, and can be used in many different ways. May be hollow inside, but must never have any hole on the tip. Must not be confused with puntel and the glass-blower pipe."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "crafts",
        "glassblowing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spiːk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-en spik.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/Sv-en_spik.ogg/Sv-en_spik.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Sv-en_spik.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spik"
}

Download raw JSONL data for spik meaning in Swedish (5.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "spik"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "spik",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 14"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "spik"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "spik",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 14"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "spik"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "spik",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.