säck

See also: sack and Sack

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sekkr, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

säck c

a sack, a large bag
Han bar på en säck
He was carrying a sack

Declension

Declension of *säck*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	säck	säcks
singular	definite	säcken	säckens
plural	indefinite	säckar	säckars
plural	definite	säckarna	säckarnas

Derived terms

hårsäck (“hair follicle”)
köpa grisen i säcken
liksäck (“body bag”)
lungsäck (“pulmonary pleurae”)
magsäck (“stomach”)
ryggsäck (“backpack”)
sandsäck (“sandbag”)
sopsäck (“garbage bag”)
sovsäck (“sleeping bag”)
strupsäck (“gular sac”)
säckstation (“terminus, terminal; station without throughfare”)

Related terms

säcka

See also

påse (“bag”)

References