hacka

• Homophones: hackas, hackât

hacka

1. third-person singular past historic of hacker

Inherited from Old Swedish hakka, likely borrowed from Middle Low German hacken. Cognate with Dutch hakken, German hacken. Senses "amount of money" and "low-rank cards" influenced by Middle Low German hacke (“mincemeat”), with the implication that minced meat is of low value.

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hacka c

1. a pick, pickaxe; a tool used to hack
2. a small sum of money

   tjäna en hacka

   make a buck

3. (card games) a card of low rank, a spot card

• gå av för hackor
• ishacka
• potatishacka

hacka (present hackar, preterite hackade, supine hackat, imperative hacka)

1. to hack; chop, cut, mince
2. to pick on; find fault with

   Sluta hacka på honom bara för att han är annorlunda!

   Stop picking on him just 'cause he's different!

3. to hack; to skillfully use a computer; to commit computer crime

   hacka matrisen

   hack the matrix

4. to be choppy, to stutter

   Mitt grafikkort är för segt, så spelet hackar

   My graphics card is too slow, so the game stutters

• hackad gurka
• hackmaskin
• hackkyckling
• varken hackat eller malet

• hackare
• hackelse
• hacking

• hacka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hacka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hacka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• hacka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)