rocka

French

Verb

rocka

1. third-person singular past historic of rocker

Swedish

rocka

Etymology 1

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz (“rough”), referring to the fish's texture. See also Middle Low German roche, ruche, Middle Dutch roche, rogghe, Danish rokke.

Noun

rocka c

1. ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

Declension

Declension of rocka
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rocka	rockan	rockor	rockorna
Genitive	rockas	rockans	rockors	rockornas

Etymology 2

From Old Norse *rukka, rugga, from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną.

Verb

rocka (present rockar, preterite rockade, supine rockat, imperative rocka)

1. to rock (be great)
2. to rock (play, or listen to, rock music)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rocka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rocka		rockas
Supine	rockat		rockats
Imperative	rocka		—
Imper. plural1	rocken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rockar	rockade	rockas	rockades
Ind. plural1	rocka	rockade	rockas	rockades
Subjunctive2	rocke	rockade	rockes	rockades
	Participles
Present participle	rockande
Past participle	rockad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• “rocka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎^[1] (in Swedish), 1937