/²lʏkːa/
UrsprungBorrowed from Middle Low German lucke, gelucke. According to the OED, it may be related to the source of English lock (compare Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to close, to shut”)).
Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke, and Norwegian Nynorsk lukke f. Compare also English luck, German Glück, Yiddish גליק (glik), West Frisian gelok, Dutch and Afrikaans geluk, Saramaccan and Sranan Tongo koloku.
- common-genderjoy, happiness
- common-genderluck, (good) fortune
- common-gendera small farm field
- archaic, common-gendera loop (of string)
- to close (a door, gate, or the like)
Formerlycka(indefinite, nominative, singular) · lyckas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · lyckan(definite, nominative, singular) · lyckans(definite, genitive, singular) · lyckor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · lyckors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · lyckorna(definite, nominative, plural) · lyckornas(definite, genitive, plural) · lycker(present) · lyckte(preterite) · lyckt(supine) · lyck(imperative) · lycka(active, infinitive) · lyckas(infinitive, passive) · lyckt(active, supine) · lyckts(passive, supine) · lyck(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · lycken(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)