utkik
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ut (“out”) + kika (“look”).
Noun[edit]
utkik c
- lookout (keeping a lookout, for enemies or other things of interest)
- hålla utkik efter isberg
- keeping a lookout for icebergs
- Nisse höll utkik efter polisen medan de andra rånade juvelerarbutiken
- Nisse kept a lookout for the police while the others robbed the jewelry store
- (by extension) being on the lookout, keeping an eye out
- Håll utkik efter nedsatta priser
- Be on the lookout for reduced prices
- lookout (a person who keeps a lookout, for example, at sea)
- skeppets utkik
- the ship's lookout
- lookout (a location from where lookout is kept)
- Hon står uppe i utkiken
- She's up in the lookout
Usage notes[edit]
You hold (håller) rather than keep a lookout in Swedish.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of utkik | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | utkik | utkiken | utkikar | utkikarna |
| Genitive | utkiks | utkikens | utkikars | utkikarnas |