äska
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish æskia (“to demand; to invite”), from Middle Low German eschen or Middle Low German eischen, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn. Cognate with English ask.
Verb
äska (present äskar, preterite äskade, supine äskat, imperative äska)
- (dated) request (in particular a certain amount of money)
Conjugation
Conjugation of äska (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | äska | äskas | ||
| Supine | äskat | äskats | ||
| Imperative | äska | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | äsken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | äskar | äskade | äskas | äskades |
| Ind. plural1 | äska | äskade | äskas | äskades |
| Subjunctive2 | äske | äskade | äskes | äskades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | äskande | |||
| Past participle | äskad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Etymology 2
From dialectal äska ("little box"), from ask (“box”), from Old Swedish asker, from Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.
Declension
| Declension of äska | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | äska | äskan | äskor | äskorna |
| Genitive | äskas | äskans | äskors | äskornas |
References
- äska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- äska in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- äska (1) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- äska (2) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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