rökdyka

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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
	Participles
Present participle	rökdykande
Past participle	rökdykt
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

rökdykare (“smoke diver”, noun)
rökdykning (“smoke diving”, noun)

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