Icelandic

Proper noun

Vík

1. Vík, a village in central southern Iceland, the southernmost in the country (in full Vík í Mýrdal and often so called)
2. (obsolete) Reykjavík
3. (with article, historical) Viken, the old name of the area around the Oslofjord, Norway

Declension

Faroese

Noun

vík f (genitive singular víkar, plural víkar or víkir)

1. bay, creek

Declension

Related terms

• víkingur ("person who lives at a bay", Viking)
• -víkingur
• Vík, Víkar, Víkarnar

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Noun

vík f ‎(genitive singular víkur, nominative plural víkur)

1. a small bay, a cove, an inlet

Declension

Derived terms

• Reykjavík
• víkingur

Etymology 2

Verb

vík

1. first-person singular present indicative of víkja
2. second-person singular imperative of víkja

Anagrams

• kví