däka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "daka"

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate to Icelandic dækja (“skank, hussy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɛːka/
• Rhymes: -²ɛːka

Noun

däka c

1. (dialectal, Southern, dated) a girl, a young woman
   • 1929, Vilhelm Moberg, Långt från landsvägen:

     Thor skulle ha tvåhundra riksdaler, om det blev en däka, men femhundra, om det blev en pojke.

     Thor was to receive two hundred riksdaler, if it was a girl, but five hundred, if it was a boy.

Usage notes

• Formerly used in Halland, Västergötland, southeastern Småland, Blekinge and northeastern Scania.

Declension

Declension of däka
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	däka	däkan	däkor	däkorna
Genitive	däkas	däkans	däkors	däkornas

See also

• herde

References

• däka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Däka. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.