spö

See also: SPO, spò, and -spo

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish spödh, possibly from the same root as spjut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spøː/
• Rhymes: -øː

Noun

spö n

1. a rod, a stick

   Regnet står som spön i backen

   It rains very heavily

2. a whip (used for corporal punishment)

   Att slita spö

   To be flogged (dated expression)

3. (colloquial) a beating, getting one's ass kicked

   Synonyms: däng, stryk, smisk, pisk, smörj

   Han fick spö/Han åkte på spö

   He got beaten up

Declension

Declension of spö
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spö	spöt	spön	spöna
Genitive	spös	spöts	spöns	spönas

Declension of spö
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spö	spöet	spön	spöna
Genitive	spös	spöets	spöns	spönas

Derived terms

• fiskespö
• flugspö
• glasfiberspö
• haspelspö
• hasselspö
• kastspö
• körspö
• metspö
• pimpelspö
• ridspö
• slantspö
• spinnspö
• spöa
• spöfiske
• spöknippa
• spöknippe
• spöpåle
• spörapp
• spöregn
• spöregna
• spöslitning
• spöstraff
• trollspö

 

See also

• piska (“whip”)

Further reading

• spö in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• spö in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• söp