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fack

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English *fak, fec, fæc (“space, compartment”), from Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum”), from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, *paǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Cognate with West Frisian fek, Dutch vak (“section, compartment”), German Fach (“compartment”), Swedish fack (“compartment, box, department”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”). Doublet of Fach.

Alternative forms

Noun

fack (plural facks)

  1. (UK dialectal) One of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.

Etymology 2

Verb

fack (third-person singular simple present facks, present participle facking, simple past and past participle facked)

  1. (UK, Cockney, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck.
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Swedish

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Etymology

From German Fach (“compartment, drawer”), from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

fack n

  1. a compartment, a box, a slot (often one of several)
  2. a trade, a profession, a subject of expertise (seen as a compartment of the larger work life)
    Synonym: gebit
  3. (informal) clipping of fackförening (“trade union, labor union”)
    Hon gick med i facket
    She joined the/a union ["gå med i facket" is often used for joining a union in general]
    Facket hotar med att ta ut 2 000 av sina medlemmar i strejk
    The union threatens to take 2,000 of its members out on strike
    2 000 fackmedlemmar är uttagna i strejk
    2,000 union members have been called out on strike [are taken out on strike]

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

See also

  • placera någon i ett fack

References

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