ett spöke
Meaning
ghost
In Swedish: död person som visar sig, vålnad
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | ett spöke |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | spöket |
| Plural, indefinite | spöken |
| Plural, definite | spökena |
spöke is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort spöke, det stora spöket. Check another noun
Practise spöke
1 / 2Is it en spöke or ett spöke?
spöke in a sentence
- Det läskiga spöket skrämmer migThe scary ghost scares me
- Jag blev rädd för det läskiga spöketI got scared of the scary ghost
- Är du rädd för spöken?Are you afraid of ghosts?
- Spöken kan vara mycket skrämmandeGhosts can be very frightening
- Spöken ger mig kalla kårarGhosts send shivers down my spine
- Jag såg ett spöke i den kusliga skogenI saw a ghost in the eerie forest
- I spökhuset bor det många spöken som säger buIn the haunted house, there are [lives] many ghosts who say boo
- spöken som spökar på slottetghosts that haunt the castle
Words built with spöke
- kommunistspöket the phantom of Communism
- spökhistoria ghost story
- spöklik ghostly, spectral, ghost-like
Questions
What does spöke mean in English?
spöke means “ghost”.
Is it en spöke or ett spöke?
It is ett spöke, and “the ghost” is spöket.
What is the plural of spöke?
The plural of spöke is spöken, and the definite plural is spökena.
Similar words
vålnadandeväsengast
Origin
From Old Danish spøg, from Middle Low German spoek, spôk (“spook, ghost”).
Nearby common words
spöke is number 1,685 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary

