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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Faroese søk, Norwegian and Swedish sak, Danish sag, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Sache.
Pronunciation
Noun
sök f (genitive singular sakar, nominative plural sakir)
- accusation
- fault
- (in the plural) affair, matter(s)
- reason, cause
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Swedish
Verb
sök
- imperative of söka
Usage notes
- The short and catchy sök is used on search buttons of computer applications and websites. It is also colloquially used as a shorthand for the associated noun sökning (“a search”). See also webbsök (“web search”).
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Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English insect ("-sec-" changed to "sök" ).
Pronunciation
Noun
sök (nominative plural söks)
- (obsolete) insect
Usage notes
This older term has been replaced by the word näsäk (“insect”) (which ultimately derives from the Latin word insectum "insect", by way of the French phrase: "un insecte" , which was transformed to and respelled as "näsäk").
Declension
declension of sök
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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