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vika

fold, yield, reserve

vika as a verb

Meaning

fold; yield; reserve

In Swedish: lägga dubbel el. i veck

Conjugation

Conjugation of vika (fold)
Infinitive	att vika	to fold
Present	viker	jag viker
Past	vek	jag vek
Supine	vikit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vikit	jag har vikit
Past perfect	hade vikit	jag hade vikit
Future	ska vika	or: kommer att vika
Conditional	skulle vika	jag skulle vika
Imperative	vik!	a command
Present participle	vikande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	viken	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vika
Infinitive	vikas
Present	viks
Past	veks
Supine	vikits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use viker. See the four verb groups explained.

vika as an adverb

Meaning

to give way, to give in, to fold (under pressure)

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vika in a sentence

en vikt sedel
a folded note
regeringen viker inte från sin ståndpunkt
the government is not budging from its standpoint
vika en plats för någon
reserve a place for sby
De vek tvätt
They were folding laundry
Jag viker en dag åt mässan.
I am dedicating a day to the expo.
De här kakorna har jag vikit åt stackars Tom – rör dem inte!
These cookies I have put aside for poor Tom – don't touch them!
Mona Sahlin viker sig inte i första taget.
Mona Sahlin doesn't give up easily.
De skrattade så att de vek sig.
They were rolling on the floor laughing.
De föll fem meter när golvet gav vika
They fell five meters when the floor gave way
De gav vika för barnens tjat
They gave in to their children's nagging

Questions

What does vika mean in English?

vika means “fold, yield”.

What is the past tense of vika?

The past tense of vika is vek (“jag vek”). The supine is vikit, used in “jag har vikit”.

What is the present tense of vika?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish vīka, from Old Norse víkja, víkva (to fold, turn, head in a direction), from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną.

Nearby common words

vika is number 3,487 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,483döpa baptise
3,484dugg drizzle (light rain), thing, bit
3,485baksida a backside; a rear, a flip side; a downside; a drawback
3,486register register, file
3,488macka sandwich
3,489avtryck imprint, an impression, an imprint (in a soft surface, or for example a fingerprint)
3,490anklagad acused, accused
3,491aggressiv aggressive, belligerent

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