vykort

Swedish

Etymology

From the 1880's, vy (“view”) +‎ kort (“card”), originally "brefkort med vyer" as the first postcards were called "brefkort" (letter-card; modern spelling "brevkort") but were without any images.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvyːˌkʊrt/

• Audio; “ett vykort”:

  (file)

Noun

vykort n

1. postcard, in particular with an image on the front side

   skicka ett vykort till någon

   send a postcard to someone

Declension

Declension of vykort

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vykort	vykorts
	definite	vykortet	vykortets
plural	indefinite	vykort	vykorts
	definite	vykorten	vykortens

References

• “vykort”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vykort”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vykort”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)