däka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "daka"

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate to Icelandic dækja (“skank, hussy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɛːka/
• Rhymes: -²ɛːka

Noun

däka c

1. (dialectal, Southern, dated) a girl, a young woman
   • 1929, Vilhelm Moberg, Långt från landsvägen:

     Thor skulle ha tvåhundra riksdaler, om det blev en däka, men femhundra, om det blev en pojke.

     Thor was to receive two hundred riksdaler, if it was a girl, but five hundred, if it was a boy.

Usage notes

• Formerly used in Halland, Västergötland, southeastern Småland, Blekinge and northeastern Scania.

Declension

Declension of däka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	däka	däkas
	definite	däkan	däkans
plural	indefinite	däkor	däkors
	definite	däkorna	däkornas

See also

• herde

References

• däka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Däka. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.