röka

See also: roka, róka, rokā, rōka, and rǫkă

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish rø̄kia

Pronunciation

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Verb

röka (present röker, preterite rökte, supine rökt, imperative rök)

1. to smoke; to inhale the smoke of burning tobacco
2. to treat foods with smoke to reduce the risk of it getting spoiled
3. to smoke (e.g. an animal out of its hiding)

Usage notes

For smoke in the sense of emitting smoke, see ryka.

Conjugation

Conjugation of röka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	röka		rökas
Supine	rökt		rökts
Imperative	rök		—
Imper. plural1	röken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	röker	rökte	röks, rökes	röktes
Ind. plural1	röka	rökte	rökas	röktes
Subjunctive2	röke	rökte	rökes	röktes
	Participles
Present participle	rökande
Past participle	rökt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• röka ut

Related terms

• ryka
• rök
• rökare
• rökning

Noun

röka n

1. (countable and uncountable, slang) a recreational drug that's smoked, particularly cannabis

Declension

Declension of röka
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	röka	rökat	röka	rökan
Genitive	rökas	rökats	rökas	rökans

Further reading

• röka in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• köar, köra, ökar