Swedish adjective · adverb· top 5,000 most common

väck

lost, gone (not found), out of it, gone, very intoxicated, not aware of what's going onAlso the imperative of väcka.

väck as an adjective

Meaning

lost, gone (not found); out of it, gone, very intoxicated, not aware of what's going on

Forms

Forms of väck
Basic formväckwith en-words
Comparativemer väck“-er”, “more …”
Superlativemest väck“-est”, “most …”

väck as an adverb

Meaning

gone

In Swedish: bort

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What does väck mean?

väck in a sentence

  • Fjärrkontrollen är väck
    The remote control is gone
  • Han är ju helt väck i skallen
    He's completely crazy ("gone in the head")
  • Jag var så väck igår
    I was so gone yesterday
  • Gå väck!
    Go away!
  • Få väck fågeln innan den äter upp våran massäck!
    Get the bird away before it eats our packed lunch!
  • Fick du väck fläcken?
    Did you get the stain off?

Questions

What does väck mean in English?

väck means “lost, gone (not found), out of it, gone, very intoxicated, not aware of what's going on”.

Similar words

borta

Origin

From German weg.

Nearby common words

väck is number 3,349 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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