vek

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛk]

vek f

1. genitive plural of veka

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋek/, [ˈʋe̞k]
• Rhymes: -ek
• Hyphenation^(key): vek

vek (not comparable) (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of veke.

• “vek”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

From Old Norse veikr via Danish veg.

vek (masculine and feminine vek, neuter vekt, definite singular and plural veke, comparative vekere, indefinite superlative vekest, definite superlative vekeste)

1. alternative form of veik

• veik

vek

1. simple past of vike

• “vek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vek_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

vek

1. inflection of vekja:
   1. first-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular present active imperative

• vijȇk (Ijekavian)
• vȋk (Ikavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věkъ.

vȇk m (Cyrillic spelling ве̑к)

1. century (100 years)
2. a long period of time, especially historical; an era
3. lifetime

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːk/

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• Rhymes: -eːk

From Old Swedish vēker, from Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Cognate with Norwegian veik, German weich and English weak.

vek (comparative vekare, superlative vekast)

1. weak

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vek

1. past indicative of vika

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥tkás.

vek

1. kidney

Cf. wek. Compare Tocharian A vak and Sanskrit वाक् (vāk) from वाच् (vāc).

vek ?

1. voice