Esperanto

Alternative forms

• viĉa

Adjective

vika ‎(accusative singular vikan, plural vikaj, accusative plural vikajn)

1. Wiccan

Related terms

• Viko ‎(“Wicca”)
• vikano ‎(“a Wiccan”)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- ‎(“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Noun

vika f (genitive singular viku, plural vikur)

1. week

Declension

Finnish

(index vi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋikɑ]
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka
• Rhymes: -ɑ

Etymology 1

Noun

vika

1. flaw, malfunction, failure, problem

   Koneessa on vika.

   There is a malfunction in the machine.

   Kun hän näki vian, hän vain kohautti olkapäitään ja alkoi korjata sitä.

   When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.

2. fault

   Se on sinun vikasi.

   It is your fault.

3. stain or flaw in character
4. wrong (adjective).

   Älä valita! Ruoassasi ei ole mitään vikaa.

   Stop complaining! There's nothing wrong with your food.

   Kännykässäni on jotain vikaa.

   Something is wrong with my cellphone.

Declension

Derived terms

• viallinen
• vikaantua
• vikailmoitus
• vikatilanne
• vioittaa

Etymology 2

Colloquial form of viimeinen ‎(“last”).

Adjective

vika

1. (colloquial) the last

Declension

Anagrams

• kiva

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- ‎(“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪːka/
• Rhymes: -ɪːka

Noun

vika f ‎(genitive singular viku, nominative plural vikur)

1. week

Declension

Derived terms

• vikulega
• vikulegur
• vikudagur
• dymbilvika
• kyrravika
• dymbildagavika
• páskavika

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• viken

Noun

vika m, f

1. definite feminine singular of vik

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vika f

1. definite singular of vik

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- ‎(“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Noun

vika f

1. week

Descendants

References

• vika in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

Noun

vika f

1. week

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: vecka

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víkja, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną

Verb

vīka

1. to move, to change direction
2. to fold
3. to retreat
4. to yield

Declension

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Descendants

• Swedish: vika

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîka/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ka

Noun

vȉka f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ви̏ка)

1. shouting, screaming

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vīka, from Old Norse víkja, víkva, from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną.

The adverb in the phrase ge vika comes from Low German wike gewen, where the noun wike means eftergift, flykt.^[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

vika

1. (in the expression: ge vika) to give in, to fold (under pressure), to give up

Verb

vika

1. to fold
2. (colloquial) to dedicate (time), to designate a period of time for a certain action

   Jag viker en dag åt mässan.

   I dedicate a day to (visiting) the expo.

3. (colloquial) to dedicate, to set aside for a special person or a special use

   De här kakorna har jag vikt åt stackars Tom - rör dem inte!

   These cookies I have put aside for poor Tom - don't touch them!

4. (reflexive) to give up, to give in (under pressure)

   Mona Sahlin viker sig inte i första taget.

   Mona Sahlin doesn't give up easily.

5. (reflexive) to bend (by laughing too much)

   De skrattade så att de vek sig.

   they were rolling on the floor laughing.

6. (reflexive) to sleep, to go to bed

   Jag går och viker mig.

   I'm going to bed.

vika ut

1. (transitive) to unfold, to open a foldout
2. (reflexive) to expose oneself as a (nude) centerfold, to appear (nude) in a magazine or online

   Ungdomar viker ut sig som aldrig förr.

   Youngsters expose themselves like never before.

Conjugation

Related terms

• veck
• vik
• vikning

References

• vika in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

1. ↑ Vika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)