veke
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
veke (not comparable) (colloquial)
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)
- a wick (in a candle, lamp or lantern)
Etymology 2
Adjective
veke
Etymology 3
Noun
veke f or m (definite singular veka or veken, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by uke
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse vika (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession”)[1], 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)
References
- “veke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
veke c
- a wick (in a candle, oil lamp, or the like)
Declension
Declension of veke
See also
- ljus (“candle”)
Adjective
veke
References
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