vik

See also: Vik, vík, and Vík

Faroese

Etymology

See the verb vika (‘move’).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viːk/

Noun

vik n (genitive singular viks, plural vik)

  1. little bend
  2. movement to the side
    til viks
    apart, aside

Declension

Declension of vik
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vik vikið vik vikini
accusative vik vikið vik vikini
dative viki vikinum vikum vikunum
genitive viks viksins vika vikanna

Greenlandic

Affix

vik

  1. real
    e.g. kuultivik
    Real gold.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Noun

vik f or m (definite singular vika or viken, indefinite plural viker, definite plural vikene)

  1. an inlet (arm of the sea)

Etymology 2

Verb

vik

  1. imperative of vike

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vík

Noun

vik f (definite singular vika, indefinite plural vikar or viker, definite plural vikane or vikene)

  1. an inlet (as above)

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

vik c

  1. a bay, a gulf

Declension

Declension of vik 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vik viken vikar vikarna
Genitive viks vikens vikars vikarnas

See also

Verb

vik

  1. imperative of vika.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Noun

vik f (definite vika or vikä)

  1. an inlet (arm of the sea)
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