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]‎ (in Swedish), 1937
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