vecka
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Homophone: väcka
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
- Det går sju dagar på en vecka.
- There are seven days in a week.
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Usage notes
- Compounds are formed with vecko-, an archaic genitive.
Declension
| Declension of vecka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vecka | veckan | veckor | veckorna |
| Genitive | veckas | veckans | veckors | veckornas |
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Etymology 2
From the noun veck (“fold, crease”)
Verb
vecka
- to create a row or sequence of folds
Conjugation
Conjugation of vecka (weak)
See also
References
- vecka in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
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