fack
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English *fak, fec, fæc (“space, compartment”), from Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum”), from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, *paǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Cognate with West Frisian fek, Dutch vak (“section, compartment”), German Fach (“compartment”), Swedish fack (“compartment, box, department”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”). Doublet of Fach.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
fack (plural facks)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
fack (third-person singular simple present facks, present participle facking, simple past and past participle facked)
- (UK, Cockney, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Fach (“compartment, drawer”), from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
fack n
- a compartment, a box, a slot (often one of several)
- a trade, a profession, a subject of expertise (seen as a compartment of the larger work life)
- Synonym: gebit
- (informal) a trade union, a labor union; clipping of fackförening.
Declension[edit]
Declension of fack | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fack | facket | fack | facken |
Genitive | facks | fackets | facks | fackens |
Related terms[edit]
- (compartment): bankfack, frysfack, handskfack, lönnfack, postfack
- (trade): fackansluten, fackidiot, facklitteratur, fackombud, fackspråk, fackförbund, fackförening, facklig
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