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skicka

Pronunciation: /ˈɧɪkˌa/

“skicka” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. send (make something go somewhere)
  2. pass, to give someone who didn't reach (e.g. across a table)
  3. behave oneself

Etymology

From Old Swedish skikka, from Middle Low German schicken "to send" (German schicken, Dutch schikken). Cognate with Swedish ske "to happen, to occur". Compare Trøndelag Norwegian sjekk (“to send”).

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