nacke

Swedish

nacke

Etymology

From Old Swedish nakke, from Old Norse hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô, from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to press, pinch, buckle, kink”). Cognate with English neck.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nacke c

1. (anatomy) back of the neck, nape (compare hals)

   Det knastrar i nacken

   There is a crackling/crunching sound [it crackles/crunches] in [the back of] my neck

   (To use a more common word than nape.)

   ha ont i nacken / ha nackont

   have neck pain

   (literally, “have pain in the nape [roughly – see ha ont]”)

   (With neck instead of nape for a more idiomatic translation, similar to above.)

2. (uncommon or regional) back of the head

   Synonym: bakhuvud

Usage notes

More common as a word than nape is in English. Usually translated as neck to use a more common or idiomatic word.

Declension

Declension of nacke

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nacke	nackes
	definite	nacken	nackens
plural	indefinite	nackar	nackars
	definite	nackarna	nackarnas

Hypernyms

• kroppsdel

Compounds

• nacka
• nackgrepp
• nackgrop
• nackknut
• nackning
• nackskarv
• nackskinn
• nackskott
• nackspegel
• nackspärr, nackspärra
• nackstelhet
• nackstyv
• nackstöd
• nacksving

See also

• hals
• strupe

References

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

Anagrams

• acken