Alternative forms

• vek, vekka, veks

Etymology

Borrowed from SwedishCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish#VEKECategory:Finnish terms derived from Swedish#VEKE ivägCategory:Swedish links with redundant target parameters#VEKE or SwedishCategory:Finnish terms derived from Swedish#VEKE väck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeke/, [ˈʋe̞k̟e̞]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#VEKECategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#VEKE
• Rhymes: -ekeCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/eke#VEKECategory:Rhymes:Finnish/eke/2 syllables#VEKE
• Syllabification^(key): ve‧ke
• Hyphenation^(key): ve‧ke

Adverb

veke (not comparable)Category:Finnish lemmas#VEKECategory:Finnish adverbs#VEKECategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#VEKECategory:Pages with entries#VEKECategory:Pages with 4 entries#VEKE (colloquialCategory:Finnish colloquialisms#VEKE)

1. (of motion) away

   Synonym: pois

2. (locative) away

   Synonyms: poissa, (proscribed) pois

Further reading

• “veke”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023

Etymology 1

From Middle Low GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German#VEKE wēke or Middle DutchCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Dutch#VEKE weike.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

References

• “veke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “veke_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Alternative forms

• vika (nonstandard since 1938, now used in Høgnorsk)
• viku, vyku, vekke, vikke (dialectal)
• Viku (Spydeberg dialect, 1780)
• vuku (Trøndelag, Øysterdal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#VEKECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#VEKE vika (“week”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#VEKE *wikǭ (“turn, succession”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#VEKE *weyg- (“to bend, wind”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield”).

Noun

veke f (definite singular veka, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#VEKECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#VEKECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#VEKECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#VEKECategory:Pages with entries#VEKECategory:Pages with 4 entries#VEKE

1. week

See also

• uke (Bokmål)

References

• “veke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “veke”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Noun

veke cCategory:Swedish lemmas#VEKECategory:Swedish nouns#VEKECategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#VEKECategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#VEKECategory:Pages with entries#VEKECategory:Pages with 4 entries#VEKE

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

Adjective

vekeCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#VEKECategory:Swedish adjective forms#VEKECategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#VEKECategory:Pages with entries#VEKECategory:Pages with 4 entries#VEKE

1. definite natural masculine singular of vek

References

• “veke”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “veke”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “veke”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)