kåk

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kak"

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from an older sense, meaning a pole where different punishments were carried out on; probably denoting the structure or scaffolding the pole were raised on. If so, then inherited from Old Swedish kaker, from Middle Low German kāk, probably ultimately from the root of kägla (“pin, cone”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koːk/

Noun

kåk c

  1. a (wooden) house in poor condition, a shack, a ramshackle house
  2. (somewhat colloquial, by extension) a house (generally)
    köpa ny kåk
    buy a new house
  3. (slang, chiefly in the definite) a prison
    Han sitter på kåken
    He's in prison
  4. (poker) full house, a combination of a pair and three-of-a-kind

Usage notes

Might be losing (sense 1) outside compounds like kåkstad, but generally known in other senses.

Declension
Declension of kåk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kåk kåken kåkar kåkarna
Genitive kåks kåkens kåkars kåkarnas

Derived terms

References
  1. “kåk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎ (in Swedish), 1937

Further reading

Welsh Romani

Noun

kåk m

  1. uncle

Derived terms
  • båro kåk
  • kåkesko
  • phureder kåk
  • pårno kåk

References
  • “kåk” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
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