# vak
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

Inherited from Dutch vak.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vak (plural vakke)
* subject

## Albanian
### Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Compare Old Norse vókr (“wet”).

### Verb

vak
* (transitive) to warm

#### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

#### Derived terms

* vakësirë

#### Related terms

* vakët

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 493

### Further reading

* “vak”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* Newmark, L. (1999) “vak”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

## Breton
### Etymology

From Latin vacuus.

### Pronunciation

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### Adjective

vak
* vacant

## Czech
### Etymology

Back-formation from váček, reinterpreted as a diminutive with the suffix -ek, while it actually originated in Middle High German wātsac.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvak]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vak m inan
* bag
    Synonym: torba
* pouch (cheek pocket in which some animals carry food)
    Synonym: torba
* pouch (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young)

#### Derived terms

* vačnatec m
* vačnatý
* vakovlk m

### References

* ↑ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “váček”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

### Further reading

* “vak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “vak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “vak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch vac, from Old Dutch *fak, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką. In some of the contemporary senses probably influenced by cognate German Fach.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɑk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑk

### Noun

vak n (plural vakken, diminutive vakje n)
* a compartment (e.g. a shelf, a section)
* a subject, discipline, class, notably in education
* a profession
* a trade, craft

#### Derived terms

* kunstvak
* vakbekwaam
* vakblad
* vakbond
* vakdidactiek
* vakgebied
* vakkennis
* vakman
* vakmens
* vakvrouw
* zoekvak

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: vak
* → Indonesian: vak

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Of unknown origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɒk]
* Hyphenation: vak
* Rhymes: -ɒk

### Adjective

vak (comparative vakabb, superlative legvakabb)
* blind
    Synonym: világtalan
    Antonym: látó

#### Derived terms

* vakít
* vakon
* vakond
* vakság
* vaksi
* vaktában
* vakul
* színvak
* vakablak
* vakbél
* vakmerő
* vakriasztás
* vakszöveg
* vak tyúk is talál szemet
* vak vezet világtalant

### References

* ↑ vak in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* vak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch vak, from Middle Dutch vac.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvaʔ]
* Hyphenation: vak

### Noun

vak
* subject (in school)
    Synonyms: mata kuliah, mata pelajaran
* profession
* trade, craft
    Synonym: kejuruan

### Further reading

* “vak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* vacque (Guernsey)
* vaque (continental Normandy, Jersey)

### Noun

vak f (plural vaks)
* (Sark) cow

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From the verb vaka.

#### Noun

vak n (definite singular vaket, indefinite plural vak, definite plural vaka)
* (fishing) fish skipping, jumping (or similar) at the surface of the water
* ring(s) in the surface of the water after fish having jumped, skipped or similar
    vak i vak bortover vatnet
* (fishing) a net
* (fishing) shoal of fish close to the surface

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse vakr, from Proto-Germanic *wakraz.

#### Adjective

vak (neuter vakt, definite singular and plural vake, comparative vakare, indefinite superlative vakast, definite superlative vakaste)
* awake, lively
* watchful

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

vak
* imperative of vaka

### References

* “vak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse vǫk.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

vak c
* a (natural or cut) opening in an ice cover, a hole in the ice
    Synonym: isvak
    hugga upp en vakcut a hole in the ice
** a polynya

#### See also

* råk

### Noun

vak (definite (rarely) vaket)
* vigil, watching (especially over someone sick or dying)

#### Derived terms

* nattvak

### References

* vak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* vak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tocharian A
### Etymology

Cf. wak. Compare Tocharian B vek.

### Noun

vak
* voice

## Turkish
### Noun

vak (definite accusative vakı, plural vaklar)
* quacking sound