veke

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Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish iväg.

Pronunciation

Adverb

veke (not comparable) (colloquial)

  1. (lative) away
    Synonym: pois
  2. (static) away
    Synonyms: poissa, (proscribed) pois

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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)

Etymology 2

Adjective

veke

  1. definite singular of vek
  2. plural of vek

Etymology 3

Noun

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

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by uke

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited 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

References

  1. ^ (in Norwegian (Høgnorsk))

Swedish

Noun

veke c

  1. a wick (in a candle, oil lamp, or the like)

Declension

See also

Adjective

veke

  1. definite natural masculine singular of vek

References