veck

Swedish

Alternative forms

• vik, vek

Etymology

From Old Swedish vik, from Old Norse *vik (“bend, curve”), related to dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk vik, Faroese vik, Icelandic vik. Compare Swedish vika, Old Norse víkva (“to yield, weaken”), vikna (“to give in, bend”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

veck n

1. a more or less sharp fold (in something soft, like fabric, paper, or skin); a fold, a crease, a pleat, etc.

   ta bort skrynklor och veck med ett strykjärn

   remove wrinkles and creases with an iron

   lägga pannan i djupa veck

   furrow one's brow [idiomatic, when thinking hard]

   (literally, “lay one's forehead in deep folds”)

2. (geology) a fold

Declension

Declension of veck

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	veck	vecks
	definite	vecket	veckets
plural	indefinite	veck	vecks
	definite	vecken	veckens

Derived terms

• vecka

See also

• fåra (“furrow”)
• plissera (“pleat”)
• plissé (“pleating”)
• skrynkla
• snörpa
• rynka (“wrinkle”)
• rynkad (“gathered”)
• vika

References

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