rökdyka

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of rök (smoke) +‎ dyka (dive).

Verb

rökdyka (present rökdyker, preterite rökdök, supine rökdykt, imperative rökdyk)

  1. To smoke dive; to perform smoke diving.
    • 1997 February 7, Expressen, page 3:
      I Sverige finns det cirka 60 kvinnliga deltidsbrandmän som rökdyker []
      In Sweden, there are approximately 60 female part-time firefighters who smoke dives []
    • 2023 February 21, Arvid Wickzell, “Kan tvingas sluta rökdyka i Bjurholm – om inte fler anställs: ”Får ägna oss åt yttre släckning” [May be forced to stop smoke diving in Bjurholm - if more are not hired: "Has to instead focus on external extinguishing"]”, in SVT Nyheter:
      För att kunna gå in och rökdyka i ett hus som brinner så måste det vara fem brandmän i en grupp.
      In order to enter and smoke dive in a house that is on fire, there must be five firefighters in a group.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rökdyka (class 2 strong)
active passive
infinitive rökdyka rökdykas
supine rökdykt rökdykts
imperative rökdyk
imper. plural1 rökdyken
present past present past
indicative rökdyker rökdök rökdyks, rökdykes rökdöks
ind. plural1 rökdyka rökdöko rökdykas rökdökos
subjunctive2 rökdyke rökdöke rökdykes rökdökes
present participle rökdykande
past participle rökdykt

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also