sök

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Faroese søk, Norwegian and Swedish sak, Danish sag, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Sache.

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Noun

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sök f (genitive singular sakar, nominative plural sakir)

  1. accusation
  2. fault
  3. (in the plural) affair, matter(s)
  4. reason, cause

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Swedish

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Verb

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sök

  1. imperative of söka

Usage notes

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  • The short and catchy sök is used on search buttons of computer applications and websites. It is also colloquially used as a shorthand for the associated noun sökning (a search). See also webbsök (web search).

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Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English insect ("-sec-" [sɛk] changed to "sök" [søk]).

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Noun

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sök (nominative plural söks)

  1. (obsolete) insect

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This older term has been replaced by the word näsäk (insect) (which ultimately derives from the Latin word insectum "insect", by way of the French phrase: "un insecte" [(œ̃ ).nɛ̃.sɛkt], which was transformed to [nɛ.ˈsɛk] and respelled as "näsäk").

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