åk

See also: aak, Aak, aak’, aa’k, and Appendix:Variations of "ak"

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Cognate with Latin iugum (English jugular), Sanskrit युग (yugá, “yoke, team”), Old Church Slavonic иго (igo) (whence Russian иго (igo)), Persian یوق (yowq). Compare English yoga. Doublet of yoga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːk/

Noun

åk n (definite singular åket, indefinite plural åk, definite plural åka or åkene)

1. a yoke

References

• “åk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kå

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Cognate with English yoke, Latin iugum (English jugular), Sanskrit युग (yugá, “yoke, team”), Old Church Slavonic иго (igo) (whence Russian иго (igo)), Persian یوق (yowq). Compare English yoga. Doublet of yoga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːk/

Noun

åk n (definite singular åket, indefinite plural åk, definite plural åka)

1. a yoke

References

• “åk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kå

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from åka.

Noun

åk n

1. (slang) a ride ((fancier) vehicle)
2. (sports) a run, a race (single competition, especially in a race (involving riding (on) something) where competitors start separately or the like)
3. a run, a ride (single trip down a hill, on for example skis or a snowboard)

Declension

Declension of åk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	åk	åket	åk	åken
Genitive	åks	åkets	åks	åkens

Derived terms

• raggaråk
• vrålåk

See also

• fordon
• åkdon

Verb

åk

1. imperative of åka

References

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

Anagrams

• kå