"vik" meaning in Swedish

See vik in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sv-en vik.ogg
Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|vík}} Old Norse vík, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*wīkō}} Proto-Germanic *wīkō Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} vik c, {{sv-noun|c}} vik c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], vik [indefinite, nominative, singular], viks [genitive, indefinite, singular], viken [definite, nominative, singular], vikens [definite, genitive, singular], vikar [indefinite, nominative, plural], vikars [genitive, indefinite, plural], vikarna [definite, nominative, plural], vikarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (geography) a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord (“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long)) Tags: common-gender Synonyms: baj
    Sense id: en-vik-sv-noun-CppPUDId Categories (other): Geography, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Bodies of water, Landforms Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 23 27 23 27 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 21 30 21 28 Disambiguation of Landforms: 23 29 23 24 Topics: geography, natural-sciences
  2. (geography) a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord (“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))
    a cove (when a small, sheltered vik – see also bukt)
    Tags: common-gender Synonyms: baj
    Sense id: en-vik-sv-noun-TnEXBI6e Categories (other): Geography, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Bodies of water, Landforms Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 1 1 2 10 2 1 7 13 13 13 8 10 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 1 11 1 0 7 13 13 14 8 11 8 11 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 23 27 23 27 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 21 30 21 28 Disambiguation of Landforms: 23 29 23 24 Topics: geography, natural-sciences
  3. (geography) a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord (“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))
    a gulf (when shaped like a vik, especially in the names of some gulfs that are shaped more or less like a vik)
    Tags: common-gender Synonyms: baj
    Sense id: en-vik-sv-noun-xljvCnaJ Categories (other): Geography, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Bodies of water, Landforms Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 23 27 23 27 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 21 30 21 28 Disambiguation of Landforms: 23 29 23 24 Topics: geography, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bottniska viken (alt: vik-shaped) (english: the Gulf of Bothnia), Finska viken (alt: vik-shaped) (english: the Gulf of Finland), Persiska viken (alt: more vik-shaped compared to Mexikanska golfen ()) (english: the Persian Gulf; the Gulf of Mexico), havsvik (english: a vik from the sea) [specifically] Related terms: Vikbolandet, Viken, viking, bukt, fjord, fjärd, golf, sjö, sund, veck

Verb

Audio: Sv-en vik.ogg
Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|vík}} Old Norse vík, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*wīkō}} Proto-Germanic *wīkō Head templates: {{head|sv|verb form}} vik
  1. imperative of vika Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: vika
    Sense id: en-vik-sv-verb--vupOQad Categories (other): Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Bodies of water, Landforms Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 1 11 1 0 7 13 13 14 8 11 8 11 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 23 27 23 27 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 21 30 21 28 Disambiguation of Landforms: 23 29 23 24

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "english": "the Gulf of Bothnia",
      "translation": "the Gulf of Bothnia",
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      "english": "the Gulf of Finland",
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    {
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      "english": "the Persian Gulf; the Gulf of Mexico",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "text": "Vi bor längst in i viken",
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          "text": "en mysig liten vik",
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      "word": "sjö"
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      "word": "sund"
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