leka.
to play (like children)
Meaning & usage
to play (like children)
Barnen lekte
leka med hink och spade
to play (more generally, sometimes with relaxed or nonchalant connotations)
Han lekte med pennan
Han bara leker med dig
to pretend to be something (as part of children's play, or more generally by extension)
leka doktor
to lek
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish lēka, from Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
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