spøge

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German spȫken, from Old Saxon *spōk, from Proto-Germanic *spōk (“wizardry, witchcraft”).

cognate with Dutch spoken (“to haunt”), English spook (from Dutch), German spuken (from Low German). Derived from the noun spōk (Danish spøg).

Pronunciation

Verb

spøge (past tense spøgte or spøgede, past participle spøgt or spøget)

  1. to joke, jest
  2. to haunt, ghost

Conjugation

Inflection of spøge
present past
simple spøger spøgte or spøgede
perfect har spøgt or spøget havde spøgt or spøget
passive spøges spøgtes or spøgedes
participle spøgende spøgt or spøget
imperative spøg —
infinitive spøge —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund spøgen —

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Derived terms

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