vricka

Swedish

Etymology

Likely cognate of Danish vrikke, Low German wriggen, Old English wrīġian, English wrick. Doublet of vrida.

Verb

vricka (present vrickar, preterite vrickade, supine vrickat, imperative vricka)

1. to twist (injure a body part by bending it in the wrong direction)

   Hon vrickade foten

   She twisted her ankle

Usage notes

• Often implies a milder injury compared to stuka (“sprain”). Perhaps one that can be walked off.
• You idiomatically twist your foot rather than your ankle (fotled) in Swedish, though "vricka handleden" (twist one's wrist) appears to be more common than "vricka handen" (twist one's hand).

Conjugation

Conjugation of vricka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	vricka		vrickas
supine	vrickat		vrickats
imperative	vricka		—
imper. plural1	vricken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vrickar	vrickade	vrickas	vrickades
ind. plural1	vricka	vrickade	vrickas	vrickades
subjunctive2	vricke	vrickade	vrickes	vrickades
present participle		vrickande
past participle		vrickad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• tungvrickare (“tongue twister”)

See also

• stuka (“sprain”)
• vrickad (“crazy”)

References

• “vricka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vricka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vricka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• vricka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)