spö

See also: SPO, spò, and -spo

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish spödh, possibly from the same root as spjut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spøː/
• Rhymes: -øː

Noun

spö n

1. a rod, a stick

   Regnet står som spön i backen

   It rains very heavily

2. a whip (used for corporal punishment)

   Att slita spö

   To be flogged (dated expression)

3. (colloquial) a beating, getting one's ass kicked

   Synonyms: däng, stryk, smisk, pisk, smörj

   Han fick spö/Han åkte på spö

   He got beaten up

Declension

Declension of spö

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spö	spös
	definite	spöt	spöts
plural	indefinite	spön	spöns
	definite	spöna	spönas

Declension of spö

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spö	spös
	definite	spöet	spöets
plural	indefinite	spön	spöns
	definite	spöna	spönas

Derived terms

• fiskespö
• flugspö
• glasfiberspö
• haspelspö
• hasselspö
• kastspö
• körspö
• metspö
• pimpelspö
• ridspö
• slantspö
• spinnspö
• spöa
• spöfiske
• spöknippa
• spöknippe
• spöpåle
• spörapp
• spöregn
• spöregna
• spöslitning
• spöstraff
• trollspö

 

See also

• piska (“whip”)

Further reading

• spö in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• spö in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• söp