See vika in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "fold up, fold",
"word": "vika ihop"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "vika",
"4": "vīka"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish vīka",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "víkja, víkva",
"tr": "to fold, turn, head in a direction"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse víkja, víkva (to fold, turn, head in a direction)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wīkwaną"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "vicka",
"tr": "wiggle"
},
"expansion": "Swedish vicka (wiggle)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Swedish vīka, from Old Norse víkja, víkva (to fold, turn, head in a direction), from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną. Cognate to Swedish vicka (wiggle).\nThe adverb in the phrase ge vika comes from Low German wike/weke gewen, where the noun wike means concession, escape. Compare German weichen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "viker",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "vek",
"tags": [
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "vikt",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "vikit",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "vik",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-conj-st",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "vika",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "vikas",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "vikt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "vikit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "vikts",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "vikits",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "vik",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "viken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "viker",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "vek",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "viks",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "vikes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "veks",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "vika",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "veko",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "vikas",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "vekos",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "vike",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "veke",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "vikes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "vekes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "vikande",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "vikt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "viken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"10": "vik",
"2": "verb",
"3": "present",
"4": "viker",
"5": "preterite",
"6": "vek",
"7": "supine",
"8": "vikt or vikit",
"9": "imperative",
"head": "vika"
},
"expansion": "vika (present viker, preterite vek, supine vikt or vikit, imperative vik)",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "vek",
"3": "vik",
"class": "1",
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"sup": "vikt, vikit"
},
"name": "sv-conj-st"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "veck"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "vikning"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ovikt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "to fold (something more or less rigid (so as to bring it into or out of a more compact and often \"deactivated\" state))",
"word": "fälla"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "veckla"
}
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"english": "They were folding laundry",
"text": "De vikte tvätt",
"type": "example"
}
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"to fold (into several layers)"
],
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]
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"_dis": "0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 24 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 30 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 1",
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},
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "10 3 37 4 12 2 1 2 2 7 3 7 6 6",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"_dis": "12 4 27 4 15 2 2 2 2 9 3 6 4 7",
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 4 29 4 15 2 2 2 2 9 3 6 4 6",
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"Entry maintenance"
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}
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]
],
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4,
9
]
],
"english": "I am dedicating a day to the expo.",
"text": "Jag viker en dag åt mässan.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action"
],
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],
[
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"(colloquial) to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action"
],
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]
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23,
27
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],
"english": "These cookies I have put aside for poor Tom – don't touch them!",
"text": "De här kakorna har jag vikt åt stackars Tom – rör dem inte!",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use"
],
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"(colloquial) to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use"
],
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"colloquial"
]
},
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12,
21
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],
"english": "Mona Sahlin doesn't give up easily.",
"text": "Mona Sahlin viker sig inte i första taget.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to give up, to give in (under pressure), to budge"
],
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"links": [
[
"give up",
"give up"
],
[
"give in",
"give in"
],
[
"budge",
"budge"
]
],
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"(reflexive) to give up, to give in (under pressure), to budge"
],
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"reflexive"
]
},
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
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23,
26
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],
"english": "They were rolling on the floor laughing.",
"text": "De skrattade så att de vek sig.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to bend (for example from laughing or in pain)"
],
"id": "en-vika-sv-verb-uLLRTw2N",
"links": [
[
"bend",
"bend"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive) to bend (for example from laughing or in pain)"
],
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"reflexive"
]
},
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],
"english": "We turned onto a path that we had never walked before",
"text": "Vi vek in på en stig som vi aldrig hade gått förut",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to turn (slightly, while moving)"
],
"id": "en-vika-sv-verb--ngB04af",
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[
"in",
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],
[
"turn",
"turn"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually with in) to turn (slightly, while moving)"
],
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"with in"
],
"tags": [
"usually"
]
},
{
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3,
13
]
],
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3,
9
]
],
"english": "We turned off the main road onto a dirt road",
"text": "Vi vek av från huvudleden, in på en grusväg",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to turn (while moving (so as to deviate from a path – sometimes figuratively))"
],
"id": "en-vika-sv-verb-BBLyjT6I",
"links": [
[
"av",
"av#Swedish"
],
[
"turn",
"turn"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with av) to turn (while moving (so as to deviate from a path – sometimes figuratively))"
],
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"with av"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to deviate (more generally)"
],
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[
"av",
"av#Swedish"
],
[
"deviate",
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]
],
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"(with av) to deviate (more generally)"
],
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"with av"
],
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{
"word": "avvika"
}
]
},
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]
],
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5,
17
]
],
"english": "People moved aside as he walked through the room with his sword in hand",
"text": "Folk vek åt sidan när han gick genom rummet med svärdet i hand",
"type": "example"
},
{
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[
0,
10
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
9
]
],
"english": "Step aside, mortal!",
"text": "Vik hädan dödlig!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to move aside, (often) to step aside"
],
"id": "en-vika-sv-verb-WQ2QmY7v",
"links": [
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"aside",
"aside"
],
[
"step aside",
"step aside"
]
],
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"(in \"vika åt sidan\" or \"vika hädan\") to move aside, (often) to step aside"
],
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"in \"vika åt sidan\" or \"vika hädan\""
]
},
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"categories": [],
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"(vika ut) to unfold, to open a foldout"
],
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"links": [
[
"unfold",
"unfold"
],
[
"foldout",
"foldout"
]
],
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"(transitive) (vika ut) to unfold, to open a foldout"
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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]
],
"english": "Youngsters expose themselves like never before.",
"text": "Ungdomar viker ut sig som aldrig förr.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(vika ut) to expose oneself as a (more-or-less nude) centerfold, to appear (nude) in a magazine or online"
],
"id": "en-vika-sv-verb-KoVHPyMk",
"links": [
[
"centerfold",
"centerfold"
]
],
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"(reflexive) (vika ut) to expose oneself as a (more-or-less nude) centerfold, to appear (nude) in a magazine or online"
],
"tags": [
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to talk openly (on personal topics)"
],
"id": "en-vika-sv-verb-t-Yqo3lO",
"links": [
[
"talk",
"talk"
],
[
"openly",
"openly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive, figuratively) to talk openly (on personal topics)"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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13,
22
]
],
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12,
21
]
],
"english": "I'm going to go to bed.",
"text": "Jag går och viker mig.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to sleep, to go to bed"
],
"id": "en-vika-sv-verb--aFYZRky",
"links": [
[
"sleep",
"sleep"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive) to sleep, to go to bed"
],
"tags": [
"reflexive"
]
}
],
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],
"word": "vika"
}
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"args": {
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"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "vika",
"4": "vīka"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "víkja, víkva",
"tr": "to fold, turn, head in a direction"
},
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}
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"english": "They fell five meters when the floor gave way",
"text": "De föll fem meter när golvet gav vika",
"type": "example"
},
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],
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"english": "They gave in to their children's nagging",
"text": "De gav vika för barnens tjat",
"type": "example"
},
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17,
24
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21,
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"english": "He was forced to give in to their will",
"text": "Han blev tvungen att ge vika för deras vilja",
"type": "example"
},
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14,
21
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],
"english": "The wall was starting to give way to the battering ram",
"text": "Muren började ge vika för murbräckan",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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],
[
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],
[
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],
[
"fold",
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],
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"(in the expression: ge vika) to give way, to give in, to fold (under pressure)"
],
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}
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"Swedish links with redundant wikilinks",
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"Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
"Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
"Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
"Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
"Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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"english": "fold up, fold",
"word": "vika ihop"
}
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"3": "vika",
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},
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},
{
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"2": "non",
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Download raw JSONL data for vika meaning in Swedish (14.1kB)
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