docka

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dokka, from Proto-Germanic *dokko (“something round”), related to *dukkǭ (“muscle, strength”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

docka c

1. a doll, a puppet
2. a dock (at a shipyard)

Declension

Declension of docka
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	docka	dockan	dockor	dockorna
Genitive	dockas	dockans	dockors	dockornas

Related terms

doll

• dockaktig
• dockansikte
• dockfilm
• dockhus
• dockkläder
• dockklänning
• dockliknande
• dockmakare
• dockmamma
• dockmöbel
• dockservis
• dockskåp
• docksäng
• docksöt
• dockteater
• dockvagn
• krockdocka
• porslinsdocka
• provdocka
• skyltdocka
• testdocka
• trasdocka
• vippdocka
• vaxdocka

dock

• dockport
• flytdocka
• torrdocka

See also

• actionfigur
• marionett
• tennsoldat

Verb

docka (present dockar, preterite dockade, supine dockat, imperative docka)

1. to dock (a ship or a spacecraft)
2. (slang) to engage in the sexual practice of docking; to dock

Conjugation

Conjugation of docka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	docka		dockas
Supine	dockat		dockats
Imperative	docka		—
Imper. plural1	docken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dockar	dockade	dockas	dockades
Ind. plural1	docka	dockade	dockas	dockades
Subjunctive2	docke	dockade	dockes	dockades
	Participles
Present participle	dockande
Past participle	dockad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• dockning

References

• docka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• docka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• docka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)