UrsprungFrom Old Norse spaði, from Middle Low German spade, from Proto-Germanic *spadô.
- common-gendera shovel (for digging – compare skyffel)
“gräva en grop med en spade” — dig a hole with a shovel
- common-gendera spade (garden tool, or toy spade or the like)
- common-gender, in-compoundsany of various spade-like tools
“stekspade” — spatula (for turning or lifting food)
“tårtspade” — cake server, cake slice
Formerspade(indefinite, nominative, singular) · spades(genitive, indefinite, singular) · spaden(definite, nominative, singular) · spadens(definite, genitive, singular) · spadar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · spadars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · spadarna(definite, nominative, plural) · spadarnas(definite, genitive, plural)