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vecka
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Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish vika, from Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).
Noun
vecka c
- a week, a period of 7 days.
- förra veckan ― last week
- nästa vecka ― next week
- den här veckan ― this week
- varje vecka ― every week
- Det går sju dagar på en vecka.
- There are seven days in a week.
- a numbered period, ranging from 1 to 52 or 53, containing seven days beginning with Monday and ending with Sunday
Usage notes
- Compounds are formed with vecko-, an archaic genitive.
Declension
Related terms
- arbetsvecka
- dymmelveckan
- femdagarsvecka
- oxvecka
- passionsveckan
- politikervecka
- påskvecka
- sportlovsvecka
- stilla veckan
- veckoarbetstid
- veckoberedning
- veckobilaga
- veckobiljett
- veckoblad
- veckobrev
- veckodag
- veckogammal
- veckohandla
- veckohelg
- veckohögtid
- veckolig
- veckolång
- veckolön
- veckomagasin
- veckonummer
- veckopendla
- veckopendling
- veckopeng
- veckopress
- veckoschema
- veckoskifte
- veckoslut
- veckotal
- veckotidning
- veckotimma
- veckotimme
- veckoupplaga
- veckovill
- veckovis
- veckoöversikt
Etymology 2
veck (“more or less sharp fold; fold, crease, pleat, etc.”) + -a
Verb
vecka (present veckar, preterite veckade, supine veckat, imperative vecka)
- to make more or less sharp folds (veck) (in something soft, like fabric, paper, or skin, deliberately or inadvertently); to fold, to crease, to pleat, etc.
- veckat tyg
- pleated fabric [can also be expressed as "plisserat tyg"]
Conjugation
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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