socken

See also: Socken

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sōkn, from Old Norse sókn, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz.

Noun

socken c

  1. a parish, a municipality; the geographic area of a state church parish, an administrative unit before the Swedish municipal reform of 1863, still used in folklore, local history and genealogy
Declension
Declension of socken
nominative genitive
singular indefinite socken sockens
definite socknen socknens
plural indefinite socknar socknars
definite socknarna socknarnas
  • sockengräns
  • sockenstuga
  • söcken

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

socken

  1. definite singular of sock
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