lycka
Swedish
Etymology 1
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
- IPA(key): /²lʏkːa/
Audio: (file) Audio; “en lycka”: (file)
Noun
lycka c
Usage notes
The better translation of luck is usually tur. Lycka is luck more in the sense of happiness from good fortune.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | lycka | lyckas |
| definite | lyckan | lyckans | |
| plural | indefinite | lyckor | lyckors |
| definite | lyckorna | lyckornas |
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse lykja (preterit lukta), from Proto-Germanic *lukjaną (“to close, shut”).
Verb
lycka (present lycker, preterite lyckte, supine lyckt, imperative lyck)
- (archaic except in "bakom lyckta dörrar") to close (a door, gate, or the like)
Conjugation
| 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 |
| present participle | lyckande | |||
| past participle | lyckt | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also
References
- lycka in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Lycka”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.