"Näcken" meaning in Swedish

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Proper name

Forms: Näckens [genitive]
Etymology: From Old Norse nykr, from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|nykr}} Old Norse nykr, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*nikwiz-}} Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*nigʷ-}} Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ- Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Näckens|g=c|head=}} Näcken c (genitive Näckens), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Näcken c (genitive Näckens)
  1. (folklore) Nix; a water creature in human form who, among other things, lures people to drown in his river by his wonderful violin playing Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Folklore
    Sense id: en-Näcken-sv-name-XvWc~5Li Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences
  2. (literary) A (Nordic) substitute for Neptunus, Poseidon, god of the sea. Tags: common-gender, literary Synonyms: Neptunus, Poseidon
    Sense id: en-Näcken-sv-name-c9bkxvkn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: näck, näcka, bäckahästen, väsen

Inflected forms

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