UrsprungFrom Old Swedish skaka, from Old Norse skaka (“to shake”), from Proto-Germanic *skakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (“to shake, stir”). Cognate with Norwegian skake, Danish skage, Icelandic skaka, Low German schaken and English shake.
- transitiveto shake (physically or to disturb emotionally)
- intransitiveto shake, to tremble
Formerskakar(present) · skakade(preterite) · skakat(supine) · skaka(imperative) · skaka(active, infinitive) · skakas(infinitive, passive) · skakat(active, supine) · skakats(passive, supine) · skaka(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · skaken(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · skakar(active, indicative, present) · skakade(active, indicative, past) · skakas(indicative, passive, present) · skakades(indicative, passive, past) · skaka(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · skakade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · skakas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · skakades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)