Noun: fika
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender and neuter
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | fika |
| Sg. Def. | fikan; fikat |
| Pl. Indef. | fikor; fikan |
| Pl. Def. | fikorna; fikana |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | fikas |
| Sg. Def. | fikans; fikats |
| Pl. Indef. | fikors; fikans |
| Pl. Def. | fikornas; fikanas |
Sample Sentences
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Om Nils är koffeinist, kommer han att föredra fikan med mest kaffe, oberoende av hur många kakor som kan ingå i alternativen. (If Nils is a caffeineist, he'll prefer the fika with the most coffee, independent of how many biscuits that may be included in the alternatives.) [1991, Lars Pålsson Syll, Samhälleliga val, värde och exploatering. En ekonomisk-filosofisk kritik, page 90:]
Nouns inflected like fika
fika,
Etymology
This sense is attested in writing from 1910. One possible explanation is that the word is formed by backslang of the syllables in the dialectal word kaffi (“coffee”), from Dutch koffie or a similar source. Another possible etymology is that it is derived from the older verb fika (desire, crave – see § Etymology 2), in the sense of craving something sweet. See: Dutch Nouns '
koffie'.
Verbs referencing "fika"
English Nouns
fidge.
Translations