About "fika"
The Swedish word fika, which doesn´t only translate to coffee break.
- Ska vi fika? (Shall we have a "fika")
Ta en fika. (Take a "fika")
Gå och fika. (Go and have a "fika")
Kom över på en fika. (Come over for a "fika")
The meaning of the word "fika":
- Anytime bewerage party (coffe, tea, fruit syrups, always non alcoholic)
- The bewerage at "fika"
- The "fika" accessories (cake, bun, bread and etc.)
- The conversation at "fika"
- The company, party, group around the "fika"
- The word has another meaning "trakta efter" aspire to, covet.
"Fik, fikaställe": The place(not at anyones home, nor a restaurant) where you can have a "fika", normaly a Café. You can have a "fika" at anytime and anywhere. OriginThe word has it´s origin in the adjective "fiken" (fiket; fikne, fikna; fiknare) desirous. The Swedish word for curious "nyfiken" has the same origin.
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