nyck

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German nück, nücke, from Middle Low German *nuken, from Old Saxon *hnukian, from Proto-West Germanic *hnukēn, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *hnukāną (“to curve, be bent”). Compare Dutch nuk.

Noun

nyck c

1. fancy, whim

Declension

Declension of nyck

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nyck	nycks
	definite	nycken	nyckens
plural	indefinite	nycker	nyckers
	definite	nyckerna	nyckernas

Synonyms

• ryck
• hugskott
• infall

Derived terms

• modenyck
• nyckfull

Related terms

• knycka

References

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