veke
Finnish
Adverb
veke
- (slang) away
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
veke
- definite singular and plural of vek
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German wēke or Middle Dutch weike
Alternative forms
- veike (Nynorsk also)
Noun
veke m (definite singular veken, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)
- a wick (in a candle, lamp or lantern)
References
- “veke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “veke_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- vika (archaic, Høgnorsk)
Etymology
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)
- week
See also
- uke (Bokmål)
References
- “veke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- (in Norwegian (Høgnorsk))
Swedish
Adjective
veke
- absolute definite natural masculine form of vek.