socken

See also: Socken

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sōkn, from Old Norse sókn, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz.

Noun

socken c

1. a parish, a municipality; the geographic area of a state church parish, an administrative unit before the Swedish municipal reform of 1863, still used in folklore, local history and genealogy
2. definite singular of sock

Declension

Declension of socken

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	socken	socknen	socknar	socknarna
genitive	sockens	socknens	socknars	socknarnas

Related terms

• sockengräns
• sockenstuga
• söcken