vik

See also: Vik, vík, Vík, вік, and вик

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse víkja (“to move, curve, bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːk/

Noun

vik n (genitive singular viks, plural vik)

1. little bend
2. movement to the side

   til viks

   apart, aside

Declension

Declension of vik
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vik	vikið	vik	vikini
accusative	vik	vikið	vik	vikini
dative	viki	vikinum	vikum	vikunum
genitive	viks	viksins	vika	vikanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Noun

vik f or m (definite singular vika or viken, indefinite plural viker, definite plural vikene)

1. an inlet (arm of the sea)

Etymology 2

Verb

vik

1. imperative of vike

References

• “vik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vík.

Noun

vik f (definite singular vika, indefinite plural vikar or viker, definite plural vikane or vikene)

1. an inlet (arm of the sea)

Etymology 2

From vike.

Noun

vik n (definite singular viket, indefinite plural vik, definite plural vika)

1. a (small) deviation
2. how bent the sawtooth is in relation to its sawblade

Derived terms

• avvik

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vik

1. inflection of vika and vike (strong verbs):
   1. present tense
   2. imperative
2. imperative of vika and vikja (weak verbs)

References

• “vik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

vik c

1. a bay, a gulf

   Synonym: baj (obsolete)

Declension

Declension of vik
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vik	viken	vikar	vikarna
Genitive	viks	vikens	vikars	vikarnas

Related terms

• Vikbolandet
• Viken
• viking

See also

• veck

Verb

vik

1. imperative of vika

Anagrams

• kiv

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vik˧/

Verb

vik

1. (transitive) to launch

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40