väck

Swedish

Adverb

väck (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) away, off

   Synonym: bort

   Få väck fågeln innan den äter upp våran massäck!

   Get the bird away before it eats our packed lunch!

   Fick du väck fläcken?

   Did you get the stain off?

Adjective

väck (comparative mer väck, superlative mest väck)

1. (colloquial, only used predicatively) lost, gone (not found)

   Fjärrkontrollen är väck

   The remote control is gone

   Han är ju helt väck i skallen

   He's completely crazy ("gone in the head")

2. (colloquial, only used predicatively) out of it, gone, very intoxicated, not aware of what's going on

   Jag var så väck igår

   I was so gone yesterday

Synonyms

• borta

See also

• puts väck (“(suddenly) gone”)

Verb

väck

1. imperative of väcka

References

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