Swedish verb · adjective

vek

foldedAlso the past tense of vika./ˈveːk/

vek as a verb

Meaning

folded

vek as an adjective

Meaning

weak

In Swedish: som lätt böjs el. går sönder, svag

Forms

Forms of vek
Basic formvekwith en-words
Neutervektwith ett-words
Plural and definitevekaplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativevekare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativevekast“-est”, “most …”

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What does vek mean?

vek in a sentence

  • en vek och begåvad tonåring
    a gentle and gifted teenager

Questions

What does vek mean in English?

vek means “folded”.

Similar words

svagtanigklenbräcklig

Origin

From Old Swedish vēker, from Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.

Nearby common words

vek is number 6,000 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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