lycka
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Low German lucke, gelucke. According to the OED, it may be related to the source of English lock (compare Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to close, to shut”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lycka c
- joy, happiness
- (archaic) a loop (of string)
- a small farm field
- luck (something that happens to someone by chance), fortune (good or bad), fate
Declension[edit]
| Declension of lycka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lycka | lyckan | lyckor | lyckorna |
| Genitive | lyckas | lyckans | lyckors | lyckornas |
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
lycka (present lycker, preterite lyckte, supine lyckt, imperative lyck)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of lycka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | lycka | lyckas | ||
| Supine | lyckt | lyckts | ||
| Imperative | lyck | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | lycken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | lycker | lyckte | lycks, lyckes | lycktes |
| Ind. plural1 | lycka | lyckte | lyckas | lycktes |
| Subjunctive2 | lycke | lyckte | lyckes | lycktes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | lyckande | |||
| Past participle | lyckt | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- lycka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.