vecka

• IPA^(key): /²vɛkːa/
• Homophone: väcka
• Rhymes: -²ɛka

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

vecka c

1. a week, a period of 7 days

   Det går sju dagar på en vecka.

   There are seven days in a week.

2. a numbered period, ranging from 1 to 52 or 53, containing seven days beginning with Monday and ending with Sunday

   Synonym: v.

   Hypernym: datum

   Vattnet kommer tillfälligt stängas av på torsdag vecka 35 pga underhållsarbete.

   The water supply will be temporarily turned off on Thursday week 35 due to maintenance.

• Compounds are formed with vecko-, an archaic genitive.

From the noun veck (“fold, crease”).

vecka (present veckar, preterite veckade, supine veckat, imperative vecka)

1. to create a row or sequence of folds

• veck
• vika

• vecka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)