pakke

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -akə

Etymology 1

From late Old Norse pakki, from Middle Low German packe, from Old Saxon *pakko, from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

Noun

pakke c (singular definite pakken, plural indefinite pakker)

1. package
2. parcel
3. packet
4. pack

Inflection

Declension of pakke

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pakke	pakken	pakker	pakkerne
genitive	pakkes	pakkens	pakkers	pakkernes

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German pakken, from packe. See Etymology 1 above.

Verb

pakke (imperative pak, infinitive at pakke, present tense pakker, past tense pakkede, perfect tense har pakket)

1. pack
2. wrap

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

pakke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of pakken

Estonian

Noun

pakke

1. partitive plural of pakk

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

pakke

1. alternative form of pak

Etymology 2

Verb

pakke

1. alternative form of pakken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German packe and Old Norse pakki (noun), and Middle Low German packen (verb).

Noun

pakke f or m (definite singular pakka or pakken, indefinite plural pakker, definite plural pakkene)

1. a parcel, package, or packet (often sent in the post or by courier)
2. a pack or packet (containing a product)

Derived terms

• hjelpepakke

Verb

pakke (imperative pakk, present tense pakker, passive pakkes, simple past and past participle pakka or pakket, present participle pakkende)

1. to pack (something)
2. (also pakke inn) to wrap (something)
3. pakke ut - to unpack, unwrap (something)

References

• “pakke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German packe and Old Norse pakki.

Noun

pakke m (definite singular pakken, indefinite plural pakkar, definite plural pakkane)

pakke f (definite singular pakka, indefinite plural pakker, definite plural pakkene)

1. a parcel, package, or packet (often sent in the post or by courier)
2. a pack or packet (containing a product)

Derived terms

• hjelpepakke

References

• “pakke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

West Frisian

Etymology

Formed from the noun pak (“package, box”), similar to Dutch pakken (“to take, grab”), if not borrowed from the Dutch. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpakə/

Verb

pakke

1. to take

Inflection

Weak class 1
infinitive	pakke
3rd singular past	pakte
past participle	pakt
infinitive	pakke
long infinitive	pakken
gerund	pakken n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	pak	pakte
2nd singular	pakst	paktest
clitic form	paksto	paktesto
3rd singular	pakt	pakte
plural	pakke	pakten
imperative	pak
participles	pakkend	pakt

Further reading

• “pakke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011