steka

See also: stęka, stéká, šteka, and štěká

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stekan.

Verb

steka

1. to stick

Descendants

• West Frisian: stekke

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse steikja.

Verb

steka (present steker, preterite stekte, supine stekt, imperative stek)

1. to fry: to cook (something) in hot fat
2. to roast in an oven
3. (slang, reflexive) to sunbathe
4. (slang) to engage in (expensive) hedonistic pleasures, especially those associated with the upper class (compare stek)

Conjugation

Conjugation of steka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	steka		stekas
supine	stekt		stekts
imperative	stek		—
imper. plural1	steken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	steker	stekte	steks, stekes	stektes
ind. plural1	steka	stekte	stekas	stektes
subjunctive2	steke	stekte	stekes	stektes
present participle		stekande
past participle		stekt

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• knapersteka
• snabbsteka

Related terms

• stek

References

• steka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• steka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• steka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• stake