lycka
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German lucke, gelucke. According to the OED, it may be related to the source of English lock (compare Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to close, to shut”)).
Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke, and Norwegian Nynorsk lukke f. Compare also English luck, German Glück, Yiddish גליק (glik), West Frisian gelok, Dutch and Afrikaans geluk, Saramaccan and Sranan Tongo koloku.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lycka c
Usage notes edit
The better translation of luck is usually tur. Lycka is luck more in the sense of happiness from good fortune.
Declension edit
| Declension of lycka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lycka | lyckan | lyckor | lyckorna |
| Genitive | lyckas | lyckans | lyckors | lyckornas |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
lycka (present lycker, preterite lyckte, supine lyckt, imperative lyck)
- (archaic except in "bakom lyckta dörrar") to close (a door, gate, or the like)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of lycka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | lycka | lyckas | ||
| Supine | lyckt | lyckts | ||
| Imperative | lyck | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | lycken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | lycker | lyckte | lycks, lyckes | lycktes |
| Ind. plural1 | lycka | lyckte | lyckas | lycktes |
| Subjunctive2 | lycke | lyckte | lyckes | lycktes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | lyckande | |||
| Past participle | lyckt | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also edit
References edit
- lycka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lycka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lycka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.