pakke

• Rhymes: -akə

From late Old Norse pakki, from Middle Low German packe, from Old Saxon *pakko, from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

pakke c (singular definite pakken, plural indefinite pakker)

1. package
2. parcel
3. packet
4. pack

From Middle Low German pakken, from packe. See Etymology 1 above.

pakke (imperative pak, infinitive at pakke, present tense pakker, past tense pakkede, perfect tense har pakket)

1. pack
2. wrap

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pakke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of pakken

pakke

1. partitive plural of pakk

pakke

1. alternative form of pak

pakke

1. alternative form of pakken

From Middle Low German packe and Old Norse pakki (noun), and Middle Low German packen (verb).

pakke f or m (definite singular pakka or pakken, indefinite plural pakker, definite plural pakkene)

1. a parcel, package, or packet (often sent in the post or by courier)
2. a pack or packet (containing a product)

• hjelpepakke

pakke (imperative pakk, present tense pakker, passive pakkes, simple past and past participle pakka or pakket, present participle pakkende)

1. to pack (something)
2. (also pakke inn) to wrap (something)
3. pakke ut - to unpack, unwrap (something)

• “pakke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German packe and Old Norse pakki.

pakke m (definite singular pakken, indefinite plural pakkar, definite plural pakkane)

pakke f (definite singular pakka, indefinite plural pakker, definite plural pakkene)

1. a parcel, package, or packet (often sent in the post or by courier)
2. a pack or packet (containing a product)

• hjelpepakke

• “pakke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Formed from the noun pak (“package, box”), similar to Dutch pakken (“to take, grab”), if not borrowed from the Dutch. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpakə/

pakke

1. to take

• “pakke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011