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tecken

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, cognate with English token and German Zeichen. The noun is derived from the verb *tīhaną (to show, accuse) (cf. Danish te (to behave), German zeihen (to accuse)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tecken n

  1. A visible indication; a sign.
    Det mörka molnet är ett tecken på att det kommer börja regna.
    That dark cloud is a sign that it will begin to rain.
  2. A meaningful gesture
  3. A symbol, for example a letter of the alphabet or a more specialized sign.
  4. (mathematics) sign (plus or minus)
  5. A unit in the sign language, corresponding to a word in spoken language.
  6. short for stjärntecken (astrological sign)
  7. short for järtecken (omen)

Declension

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Declension of tecken
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tecken teckens
definite tecknet tecknets
plural indefinite tecken teckens
definite tecknen tecknens

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