åska
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See also: aska
Swedish
Etymology
From Early Modern Swedish åsekia, åskja (cf. dial. åseka), from Old Swedish āsikkia (nom.), āsækyu (obl.), from Old Norse *áseykja.
Noun
åska c
- lightning (discharge of atmospheric electricity)
- thunder (the sound caused by lightning)
- Synonym: (dated or poetic) tordön
Usage notes
Declension
| Declension of åska | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | åska | åskan | — | — |
| Genitive | åskas | åskans | — | — |
Derived terms
See also
Verb
åska (present åskar, preterite åskade, supine åskat, imperative åska)
- (impersonal, intransitive) to thunder
Conjugation
Conjugation of åska (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | åska | — | ||
| Supine | åskat | — | ||
| Imperative | åska | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | åsken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | åskar | åskade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | åska | åskade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | åske | åskade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | åskande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||