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

två vikar (Bråviken och Slätbaken)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

vik c

1. (geography) a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord (“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))

   Synonym: (obsolete) baj

   Vi bor längst in i viken

   We live at the far end of the bay/creek

   segla in i viken

   sail into the bay/creek

   simma över viken

   swim across the bay/creek

   en mysig liten vik

   a cozy little bay (might imply a short, "stumpy" but still more or less vik-shaped bay in this case)

   Det bor några vikingar i viken

   There are some Vikings living in the bay/creek (possibly though controversially related)

2. a gulf (in the names of some gulfs that are shaped more or less like a vik – the intuition is not normally of huge geographical features otherwise)

Usage notes

Might sometimes be a bit fuzzier or reflect conditions with less post-glacial rebound in place names. The description above matches the intuition otherwise.

Declension

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

Derived terms

• Bottniska viken (“the Gulf of Bothnia”) (vik-shaped)
• Finska viken (“the Gulf of Finland”) (vik-shaped)
• Persiska viken (“the Persian Gulf”) (more vik-shaped compared to Mexikanska golfen (“the Gulf of Mexico”))
• havsvik (a vik from the sea, specifically)

Related terms

• Vikbolandet
• Viken
• viking

See also

• bukt
• fjord
• fjärd
• golf
• sund
• veck

Verb

vik

1. imperative of vika

References

• vik in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vik in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vik in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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