käke

See also: kake, kaķē, and kaķe

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kæke, probably borrowed from Middle Low German kêke, from Old Saxon *kioka, from Proto-West Germanic *keukā.

Cognate with Danish kiæge, Norwegian kjake, English choke, cheek (from Old English ċēoce (“jaw”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɕɛːkɛ/

Noun

käke c

1. a jaw

   Synonym: (jaw of an animal, especially one with a powerful bite) käft

2. a mandible (of an arthropod)

   Synonym: mandibel

Declension

Declension of käke
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	käke	käken	käkar	käkarna
Genitive	käkes	käkens	käkars	käkarnas

Derived terms

• överkäke
• underkäke
• käkben

See also

• käft

Further reading

• käke in Svensk ordbok.