en nacke

nacke in a sentence

• Det knastrar i nacken
  There is a crackling/crunching sound [it crackles/crunches] in [the back of] my neck
• ha ont i nacken / ha nackont
  have neck pain

Expressions

• ha hundra år på nacken
  be a hundred years old
• knycka på nacken
  toss one's head

Words built with nacke

• nackskott shot through the back of the head
• nackstöd headrest

Questions

Origin

From Old Swedish nakke, from Old Norse hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô, from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to press, pinch, buckle, kink”).

Nearby common words

nacke is number 2,881 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 2,877svimma faint
• 2,878brist scarcity, want
• 2,879uttalande statement
• 2,880kön gender
• 2,882bekymmer concern, anxiety
• 2,883förste Lord
• 2,884haka to hook (attach with something hook-like), to get hooked (stuck on something hook-like, not figuratively)
• 2,885juli July