åk

See also: aak, Aak, aak’, aa’k, and Appendix:Variations of "ak"

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Cognate with Latin iugum (English jugular), Sanskrit युग (yugá, “yoke, team”), Old Church Slavonic иго (igo) (whence Russian иго (igo)), Persian یوق (yowq). Compare English yoga. Doublet of yoga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːk/

Noun

åk n (definite singular åket, indefinite plural åk, definite plural åka or åkene)

1. a yoke

References

• “åk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kå

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Cognate with English yoke, Latin iugum (English jugular), Sanskrit युग (yugá, “yoke, team”), Old Church Slavonic иго (igo) (whence Russian иго (igo)), Persian یوق (yowq). Compare English yoga. Doublet of yoga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːk/

Noun

åk n (definite singular åket, indefinite plural åk, definite plural åka)

1. a yoke

References

• “åk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kå

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from åka.

Noun

åk n

1. (slang) a ride ((fancier) vehicle)
2. (sports) a run, a race (single competition, especially in a race (involving riding (on) something) where competitors start separately or the like)
3. a run, a ride (single trip down a hill, on for example skis or a snowboard)

Declension

Declension of åk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	åk	åks
	definite	åket	åkets
plural	indefinite	åk	åks
	definite	åken	åkens

Derived terms

• raggaråk
• vrålåk

See also

• fordon
• åkdon

Verb

åk

1. imperative of åka

References

• åk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• åk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• åk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• kå