rocka

French

Verb

rocka

1. third-person singular past historic of rocker

Swedish

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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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rocka	rockas
	definite	rockan	rockans
plural	indefinite	rockor	rockors
	definite	rockorna	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
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