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spade.

a shovel (for digging – compare skyffel)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a shovel (for digging – compare skyffel)

    common-gender
    gräva en grop med en spade

  2. a spade (garden tool, or toy spade or the like)

    common-gender

  3. any of various spade-like tools

    common-gender · in-compounds
    stekspade
    tårtspade
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse spaði, from Middle Low German spade, from Proto-Germanic *spadô.

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