veck

Swedish

Alternative forms

• vik, vek

Etymology

From Old Swedish vik, from Old Norse *vik (“bend, curve”), related to dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk vik, Faroese vik, Icelandic vik. Compare Swedish vika, Old Norse víkva (“to yield, weaken”), vikna (“to give in, bend”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

veck n

1. a fold (bend or crease)

   lägga pannan i (djupa) veck

   furrow one's brow (idiomatic, literally "lay one's forehead in (deep) folds")

Declension

Declension of veck
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	veck	vecket	veck	vecken
Genitive	vecks	veckets	vecks	veckens

Derived terms

• vecka

See also

• fåra (“furrow”)