veke

Finnish

Alternative forms

• vek
• vekka
• veks

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish iväg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeke/, [ˈʋe̞k̟e̞]
• Rhymes: -eke
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧ke

Adverb

veke (not comparable)

1. (colloquial, lative) away

   Synonym: pois

2. (colloquial, stative) away

   Synonyms: poissa, (proscribed) pois

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German wēke or Middle Dutch weike.

Alternative forms

• veike (Nynorsk also)

Noun

veke m (definite singular veken, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)

1. a wick (in a candle, lamp or lantern)

Etymology 2

Adjective

veke

1. definite singular of vek
2. plural of vek

Etymology 3

Noun

veke f or m (definite singular veka or veken, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by uke

References

• “veke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “veke_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vika (archaic, Høgnorsk)

Etymology

From Old Norse vika (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield”).

Noun

veke f (definite singular veka, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)

1. week

See also

• uke (Bokmål)

References

• “veke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

veke c

1. a wick (in a candle, oil lamp, or the like)

Declension

Declension of veke

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	veke	vekes
	definite	vekeen	vekeens
plural	indefinite	vekear	vekears
	definite	vekearna	vekearnas

Adjective

veke

1. (deprecated template usage) definite natural masculine singular of vek

References

• veke in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• veke in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• veke in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)