"vika" meaning in Swedish

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Adverb

Audio: Sv-vika.ogg
Etymology: 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). The adverb in the phrase ge vika comes from Low German wike/weke gewen, where the noun wike means concession, escape. Compare German weichen. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|vika|vīka}} Old Swedish vīka, {{inh|sv|non|víkja, víkva|tr=to fold, turn, head in a direction}} Old Norse víkja, víkva (to fold, turn, head in a direction), {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*wīkwaną}} Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną, {{cog|sv|vicka|tr=wiggle}} Swedish vicka (wiggle), {{m|sv|weichen}} weichen Head templates: {{head|sv|adverb}} vika
  1. (in the expression: ge vika) to give way, to give in, to fold (under pressure)
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-adv-tpga9wM3

Verb

Audio: Sv-vika.ogg
Etymology: 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). The adverb in the phrase ge vika comes from Low German wike/weke gewen, where the noun wike means concession, escape. Compare German weichen. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|vika|vīka}} Old Swedish vīka, {{inh|sv|non|víkja, víkva|tr=to fold, turn, head in a direction}} Old Norse víkja, víkva (to fold, turn, head in a direction), {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*wīkwaną}} Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną, {{cog|sv|vicka|tr=wiggle}} Swedish vicka (wiggle), {{m|sv|weichen}} weichen Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|viker|preterite|vek|supine|vikt or vikit|imperative|vik|head=vika}} vika (present viker, preterite vek, supine vikt or vikit, imperative vik) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-st|vik|vek|vik|class=1|pp=vikt, viken|sup=vikt, vikit}} Forms: viker [present], vek [preterite], vikt [supine], vikit [supine], vik [imperative], strong [table-tags], vika [active, infinitive], vikas [infinitive, passive], vikt [active, supine], vikit [active, supine], vikts [passive, supine], vikits [passive, supine], vik [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], viken [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], viker [active, indicative, present], vek [active, indicative, past], viks [indicative, passive, present], vikes [indicative, passive, present], veks [indicative, passive, past], vika [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], veko [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], vikas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], vekos [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], vike [active, dated, present, subjunctive], veke [active, dated, past, subjunctive], vikes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], vekes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], vikande [participle, present], vikt [participle, past], viken [participle, past]
  1. to fold (into several layers)
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-7Gtc4wkK
  2. (colloquial) to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-hGxbfrLx Categories (other): Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 7 1 26 2 9 29 1 1 1 6 1 5 7 4 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 30 2 13 14 1 2 2 6 2 6 8 6 Disambiguation of Swedish links with redundant wikilinks: 12 2 23 2 15 12 1 2 2 9 2 5 7 6
  3. (colloquial) to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-JyxyyRze
  4. (reflexive) to give up, to give in (under pressure), to budge Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-GE0i7JmL
  5. (reflexive) to bend (for example from laughing or in pain) Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-uLLRTw2N Categories (other): Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 7 1 26 2 9 29 1 1 1 6 1 5 7 4
  6. (usually with in) to turn (slightly, while moving) Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb--ngB04af
  7. (with av) to turn (while moving (so as to deviate from a path – sometimes figuratively))
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-BBLyjT6I
  8. (with av) to deviate (more generally) Synonyms: avvika
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-EqhrBKN7
  9. (in "vika åt sidan" or "vika hädan") to move aside, (often) to step aside
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-WQ2QmY7v
  10. (transitive) (vika ut) to unfold, to open a foldout Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-g6LGgk6c
  11. (reflexive) (vika ut) to expose oneself as a (more-or-less nude) centerfold, to appear (nude) in a magazine or online Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-KoVHPyMk
  12. (reflexive, figuratively) to talk openly (on personal topics) Tags: figuratively, reflexive
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb-t-Yqo3lO
  13. (reflexive) to sleep, to go to bed Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-vika-sv-verb--aFYZRky
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vika ihop (english: fold up, fold) Related terms: veck, vik, vikning, ovikt, fälla (english: to fold (something more or less rigid (so as to bring it into or out of a more compact and often "deactivated" state))), veckla

Inflected forms

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  "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": {
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        "3": "*wīkwaną"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vicka",
        "tr": "wiggle"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish vicka (wiggle)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "weichen"
      },
      "expansion": "weichen",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sv-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "vika",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veko",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vikas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vekos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vikt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "viken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present",
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        "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": {
        "1": "vik",
        "2": "vek",
        "3": "vik",
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      },
      "name": "sv-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_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",
      "word": "vik"
    },
    {
      "_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"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They were folding laundry",
          "text": "De vikte tvätt",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fold (into several layers)"
      ],
      "id": "en-vika-sv-verb-7Gtc4wkK",
      "links": [
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 1 26 2 9 29 1 1 1 6 1 5 7 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 1 30 2 13 14 1 2 2 6 2 6 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 2 23 2 15 12 1 2 2 9 2 5 7 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jag viker en dag åt mässan.\nI am dedicating a day to the expo.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action"
      ],
      "id": "en-vika-sv-verb-hGxbfrLx",
      "links": [
        [
          "dedicate",
          "dedicate"
        ],
        [
          "designate",
          "designate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "De här kakorna har jag vikt åt stackars Tom – rör dem inte!\nThese cookies I have put aside for poor Tom – don't touch them!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use"
      ],
      "id": "en-vika-sv-verb-JyxyyRze",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Mona Sahlin viker sig inte i första taget.\nMona Sahlin doesn't give up easily.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to give up, to give in (under pressure), to budge"
      ],
      "id": "en-vika-sv-verb-GE0i7JmL",
      "links": [
        [
          "give up",
          "give up"
        ],
        [
          "give in",
          "give in"
        ],
        [
          "budge",
          "budge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to give up, to give in (under pressure), to budge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 1 26 2 9 29 1 1 1 6 1 5 7 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn (slightly, while moving)"
      ],
      "id": "en-vika-sv-verb--ngB04af",
      "links": [
        [
          "in",
          "in#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually with in) to turn (slightly, while moving)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with in"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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))"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with av"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to deviate (more generally)"
      ],
      "id": "en-vika-sv-verb-EqhrBKN7",
      "links": [
        [
          "av",
          "av#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "deviate",
          "deviate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with av) to deviate (more generally)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with av"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "avvika"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in \"vika åt sidan\" or \"vika hädan\") to move aside, (often) to step aside"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in \"vika åt sidan\" or \"vika hädan\""
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "(vika ut) to unfold, to open a foldout"
      ],
      "id": "en-vika-sv-verb-g6LGgk6c",
      "links": [
        [
          "unfold",
          "unfold"
        ],
        [
          "foldout",
          "foldout"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) (vika ut) to unfold, to open a foldout"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ]
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          "type": "example"
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        "reflexive"
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    {
      "audio": "Sv-vika.ogg",
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}

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          "text": "De föll fem meter när golvet gav vika",
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        {
          "english": "They gave in to their children's nagging",
          "text": "De gav vika för barnens tjat",
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        {
          "english": "He was forced to give in to their will",
          "text": "Han blev tvungen att ge vika för deras vilja",
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      "form": "vikits",
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      "form": "-",
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      "form": "viks",
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      "form": "vikes",
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      "word": "vik"
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      "word": "ovikt"
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      "english": "to fold (something more or less rigid (so as to bring it into or out of a more compact and often \"deactivated\" state))",
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      "word": "veckla"
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      "categories": [
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          "english": "We turned off the main road onto a dirt road",
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          "english": "People moved aside as he walked through the room with his sword in hand",
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        {
          "english": "Step aside, mortal!",
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        "(in \"vika åt sidan\" or \"vika hädan\") to move aside, (often) to step aside"
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        "(vika ut) to unfold, to open a foldout"
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          "english": "Youngsters expose themselves like never before.",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
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          "english": "I'm going to go to bed.",
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        "(reflexive) to sleep, to go to bed"
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        "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"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vicka",
        "tr": "wiggle"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish vicka (wiggle)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "weichen"
      },
      "expansion": "weichen",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "vika",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They fell five meters when the floor gave way",
          "text": "De föll fem meter när golvet gav vika",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They gave in to their children's nagging",
          "text": "De gav vika för barnens tjat",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He was forced to give in to their will",
          "text": "Han blev tvungen att ge vika för deras vilja",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The wall was starting to give way to the battering ram",
          "text": "Muren började ge vika för murbräckan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to give way, to give in, to fold (under pressure)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ge",
          "ge"
        ],
        [
          "give way",
          "give way"
        ],
        [
          "give in",
          "give in"
        ],
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the expression: ge vika) to give way, to give in, to fold (under pressure)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-vika.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/Sv-vika.ogg/Sv-vika.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Sv-vika.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vika"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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