smeka

Inherited from Old Swedish smēkia, from Middle Low German smêken. Cognate with German schmeicheln. Doublet of smickra.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsmeːˈka/

smeka (present smeker, preterite smekte, supine smekt, imperative smek)

1. (transitive) to stroke softly and tenderly; to caress, to stroke, to rub, to fondle, to pet, etc.

   smeka någons hår

   stroke someone's hair

   smeka någons kind

   caress someone's cheek

   smeka någon på armen

   stroke someone's arm

   (literally, “caress someone on the arm”)

   smeka någon över ryggen

   caress someone's back

   (literally, “caress someone over (across) the back”)

   händer som smeker längs med min kropp

   hands caressing along my body

   smeka sig själv

   touch oneself [idiomatic]

Klappa (“pet”) and stryka (“stroke”) are more common for petting an animal.

• smeka en ripa (“have a cup of coffee”)
• smeknamn

• smek
• smekning

• kela
• klappa
• stryka

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

• makes