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vecka.

a week, a period of 7 days.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²vɛkːa/
  1. a week, a period of 7 days.

    common-gender
    förra veckan
    nästa vecka
  2. a numbered period, ranging from 1 to 52 or 53, containing seven days beginning with Monday and ending with Sunday

    common-gender
    Vattnet kommer tillfälligt stängas av på torsdag vecka 35 pga underhållsarbete.
  3. alternative form of veckosjö; the distance a rowing team can do in one sitting

    alt-of · alternative · archaic · common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish vika, from Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

verb/²vɛkːa/
  1. to make more or less sharp folds (veck) (in something soft, like fabric, paper, or skin, deliberately or inadvertently); to fold, to crease, to pleat, etc.

    veckat tyg
Where this word comes from

veck (“more or less sharp fold; fold, crease, pleat, etc.”) + -a

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