vecka

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²vɛka/
  • Homophone: väcka
  • Rhymes: -²ɛka

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

  1. a week, a period of 7 days
    Det går sju dagar på en vecka.
    There are seven days in a week.
  2. a numbered period, ranging from 1 to 52 or 53, containing seven days beginning with Monday and ending with Sunday
    Vattnet kommer tillfälligt stängas av på torsdag vecka 35 pga underhållsarbete.
    The water supply will be temporarily turned off on Thursday week 35 due to maintenance.
    Synonym: v.
    Hypernym: datum
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

Etymology 2

From the noun veck (“fold, crease”).

Verb

vecka (present veckar, preterite veckade, supine veckat, imperative vecka)

  1. to create a row or sequence of folds
Conjugation
Conjugation of vecka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vecka veckas
Supine veckat veckats
Imperative vecka —
Imper. plural1 vecken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative veckar veckade veckas veckades
Ind. plural1 vecka veckade veckas veckades
Subjunctive2 vecke veckade veckes veckades
Participles
Present participle veckande
Past participle veckad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also

References
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