UrsprungFrom a verb meaning "to move things around," from or cognate Middle Low German stûken (“to push, bump, compress”), from Old Saxon *stūkan, from Proto-Germanic *stūkaną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to pound, push, beat”).
By surface analysis, stök + -a. Possibly related to English stook, stoke. Compare origin of stock, stuka.
- to make a mess (especially indoors)
“Barnen har stökat ner rummet” — The children have made a mess of the room
“Usch vad du stökat till” — Ugh, what a mess you've made
- figurativelyto mess up (cause problems for)
“Vi tänkte hålla bokmässan nästa vecka, men zombieinvasionen har stökat till det” — We were going to hold the book fair next week, but the zombie invasion has messed up our plans
“Stormen kan stöka till det i trafiken” — The storm could cause some traffic messiness
- to remove, to clear (and put away somewhere, in a somewhat (figuratively) noisy manner)
“Bedragarna hade snabbt stökat undan alla bevis” — The swindlers had quickly cleared away all evidence
- figurativelyto finish (something)
“Stöka undan lite pappersarbete” — Be done with some paperwork
- to do (household) work (in a somewhat comfy and noisy manner)
“stöka i köket” — bustle about in the kitchen
Formerstökar(present) · stökade(preterite) · stökat(supine) · stöka(imperative) · stöka(active, infinitive) · stökas(infinitive, passive) · stökat(active, supine) · stökats(passive, supine) · stöka(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · stöken(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · stökar(active, indicative, present) · stökade(active, indicative, past) · stökas(indicative, passive, present) · stökades(indicative, passive, past) · stöka(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · stökade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · stökas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · stökades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)