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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by uke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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	veke	veken	vekar	vekarna
Genitive	vekes	vekens	vekars	vekarnas

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)