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en vecka

week/²vɛkːa/

vecka as a noun(en vecka)

Meaning

week

In Swedish: period av sju dagar (från måndag till söndag); arbetsdagar (i motsats till lördag-söndag)

Forms

Forms of vecka
Singular, indefinite	en vecka
Singular, definite	veckan
Plural, indefinite	veckor
Plural, definite	veckorna

vecka is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor vecka, den stora veckan. Check another noun

vecka as a verb

Meaning

pleat

In Swedish: förse med veck

Conjugation

Conjugation of vecka (pleat)
Infinitive	att vecka	to pleat
Present	veckar	jag veckar
Past	veckade	jag veckade
Supine	veckat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har veckat	jag har veckat
Past perfect	hade veckat	jag hade veckat
Future	ska vecka	or: kommer att vecka
Conditional	skulle vecka	jag skulle vecka
Imperative	vecka!	a command
Present participle	veckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	veckad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vecka
Infinitive	veckas
Present	veckas
Past	veckades
Supine	veckats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use veckar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise vecka

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Is it en vecka or ett vecka?

vecka in a sentence

nästa vecka
next week
en gång i veckan
once a week
under veckan
in (during) the week
förra veckan
last week
den här veckan
this week
varje vecka
every week
Det går sju dagar på en vecka.
There are seven days in a week.
Vattnet kommer tillfälligt stängas av på torsdag vecka 35 pga underhållsarbete.
The water supply will be temporarily turned off on Thursday week 35 due to maintenance.
en veckad kjol
a pleated skirt
veckat tyg
pleated fabric [can also be expressed as "plisserat tyg"]

Words built with vecka

femdagarsvecka five-day week
veckolön weekly wage
arbetsvecka working week

Questions

What does vecka mean in English?

vecka means “week”.

Is it en vecka or ett vecka?

It is en vecka, and “the week” is veckan.

What is the plural of vecka?

The plural of vecka is veckor, and the definite plural is veckorna.

What is the past tense of vecka?

The past tense of vecka is veckade (“jag veckade”). The supine is veckat, used in “jag har veckat”.

What is the present tense of vecka?

veckar, the same for every person: jag veckar, du veckar, vi veckar.

Origin

From Old Swedish vika, from Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Nearby common words

vecka is number 273 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

269dit that way, there
270längre longer, taller, further
271väldigt enormously, very
272vart where
274säker sure, safe
275hämta fetch, collect
276minnas remember
277ute out, up

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary