/²vɛkːa/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish vika, from Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).
- common-gendera week, a period of 7 days.
“förra veckan” — last week
“nästa vecka” — next week
“den här veckan” — this week
- common-gendera numbered period, ranging from 1 to 52 or 53, containing seven days beginning with Monday and ending with Sunday
“Vattnet kommer tillfälligt stängas av på torsdag vecka 35 pga underhållsarbete.” — The water supply will be temporarily turned off on Thursday week 35 due to maintenance.
- to make more or less sharp folds (veck) (in something soft, like fabric, paper, or skin, deliberately or inadvertently); to fold, to crease, to pleat, etc.
“veckat tyg” — pleated fabric [can also be expressed as "plisserat tyg"]
Formervecka(indefinite, nominative, singular) · veckas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · veckan(definite, nominative, singular) · veckans(definite, genitive, singular) · veckor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · veckors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · veckorna(definite, nominative, plural) · veckornas(definite, genitive, plural) · veckar(present) · veckade(preterite) · veckat(supine) · vecka(imperative) · vecka(active, infinitive) · veckas(infinitive, passive) · veckat(active, supine) · veckats(passive, supine) · vecka(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · vecken(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)