veke

Finnish

Adverb

veke

  1. (slang) away

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

veke

  1. definite singular and plural of vek

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wēke or Middle Dutch weike

Alternative forms

Noun

veke m (definite singular veken, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)

  1. a wick (in a candle, lamp or lantern)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • vika (archaic, Høgnorsk)

Etymology

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)

  1. week

See also

References
  1. (in Norwegian (Høgnorsk))

Swedish

Adjective

veke

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of vek.
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