socken

See also: Socken

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sōkn, from Old Norse sókn, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz.

Noun

socken c

1. a parish, a municipality; the geographic area of a state church parish, an administrative unit before the Swedish municipal reform of 1863, still used in folklore, local history and genealogy

Declension

Declension of socken

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	socken	sockens
	definite	socknen	socknens
plural	indefinite	socknar	socknars
	definite	socknarna	socknarnas

Related terms

• sockengräns
• sockenstuga
• söcken

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

socken

1. definite singular of sock