käke

See also: kake, kaķē, and kaķe

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kæke, probably borrowed from Middle Low German kêke, from Old Saxon *kioka, from Proto-West Germanic *keukā.

Cognate with Danish kiæge, Norwegian kjake, English choke, cheek (from Old English ċēoce (“jaw”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɕɛːkɛ/

Noun

käke c

1. a jaw

   Synonym: (jaw of an animal, especially one with a powerful bite) käft

2. a mandible (of an arthropod)

   Synonym: mandibel

Declension

Declension of käke

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	käke	käkes
	definite	käken	käkens
plural	indefinite	käkar	käkars
	definite	käkarna	käkarnas

Derived terms

• överkäke
• underkäke
• käkben

See also

• käft

References

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