veke

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Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish iväg.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeke/, [ˈʋe̞k̟e̞]
  • Rhymes: -eke
  • Syllabification(key): ve‧ke

Adverb

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veke (not comparable) (colloquial)

  1. (lative) away
    Synonym: pois
  2. (static) away
    Synonyms: poissa, (proscribed) pois

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German wēke or Middle Dutch weike.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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veke m (definite singular veken, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)

  1. a wick (in a candle, lamp or lantern)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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veke

  1. definite singular of vek
  2. plural of vek

Etymology 3

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Noun

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veke f or m (definite singular veka or veken, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by uke

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse vika (week), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (turn, succession),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (to bend, wind). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (to bend, yield).

Noun

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veke f (definite singular veka, indefinite plural veker, definite plural vekene)

  1. week

References

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  1. ^ [1] (in Norwegian (Høgnorsk))

Swedish

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Noun

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veke c

  1. a wick (in a candle, oil lamp, or the like)

Declension

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Declension of veke 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative veke veken vekar vekarna
Genitive vekes vekens vekars vekarnas

See also

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Adjective

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veke

  1. definite natural masculine singular of vek

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