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) (colloquial)

1. (lative) away

   Synonym: pois

2. (stative) away

   Synonyms: poissa, (proscribed) pois

Further reading

• “veke”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by uke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 (nonstandard since 1938, now used in Høgnorsk)
• vuku, vukku (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited 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

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	veken	vekens
plural	indefinite	vekar	vekars
	definite	vekarna	vekarnas

See also

• ljus (“candle”)

Adjective

veke

1. definite natural masculine singular of vek

References

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