Swedish noun

ett virke

wood

Meaning

wood

In Swedish: trä, bräder etc (som byggnadsmaterial)

Forms

Forms of virke
Singular, indefinite	ett virke
Singular, definite	virket

virke is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort virke, det stora virket. Check another noun

Practise virke

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Is it en virke or ett virke?

virke in a sentence

hon är av segt virke
she is made of stern stuff
köpa virke
buy wood (timber)

Questions

What does virke mean in English?

virke means “wood”.

Is it en virke or ett virke?

It is ett virke, and “the wood” is virket.

Nearby common words

virke is number 8,087 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,083utskrift print-out
8,084göteborg Gothenburg
8,085rodeo a rodeo
8,086avspärrning cordon, barrier, perimeter
8,088flyt smooth running
8,089slängd clever, good at
8,090bekväma to (reluctantly) bother oneself (to do something)
8,091oavgjort to a draw, to a tie

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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