säck

See also: sack and Sack

Swedish

Jultomten lägger pojken i en säck

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

1. 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
	definite	säcken	säckens
plural	indefinite	säckar	säckars
	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

• säck in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• säck in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)