Eken

Swedish

Etymology

From the peddler cant månsing word Storhäcken or Stockhäcken, which was later clipped to häcken and modified to eken through the traditional Stockholm merger of /ɛ/ > /e/.

Proper noun

Eken c (genitive Ekens)

  1. (slang) A nickname for Stockholm.
    • 1916, Martin Koch, Guds vackra värld:
      – De ere, de vet du att de e, fö mandrom ha studera live både i Eken å i andra sjösteder.
      – It is, you know it is, ’cause I have studied life both in Stockholm and in other coastal cities.
    • 1963, Olle Adolphson (lyrics and music), “Balladen om det stora slagsmålet på Tegelbacken”, in Resan hem:
      Det var grabbarna från Eken, det var grabbar med humör.
      It was the lads from Stockholm, they were lads with a temper.

Derived terms
  • ekenskis
  • ekenssnack

References
  • Kotsinas, Ulla-Britt (2000) “Från ekenssnack till rinkebyska”, in Att förstå det mänskliga, Stockholm : Natur och kultur, 2000, 167-191 : ill.
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