vricka

== Swedish == === Etymology === Likely cognate of Danish vrikke, Low German wriggen, Old English wrīġian, English wrick. Doublet of vrida. === Verb === vricka (present vrickar, preterite vrickade, supine vrickat, imperative vricka) to twist (injure a body part by bending it in the wrong direction) ==== Usage notes ==== Often implies a milder injury compared to stuka (“sprain”). Perhaps one that can be walked off. You idiomatically twist your foot rather than your ankle (fotled) in Swedish, though "vricka handleden" (twist one's wrist) appears to be more common than "vricka handen" (twist one's hand). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tungvrickare (“tongue twister”) ==== See also ==== stuka (“sprain”) vrickad (“crazy”) === References === “vricka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “vricka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “vricka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) vricka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)