From Old Swedish loka, luka, from Old Norse lúka, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *lewg-. Compare English lock.

• IPA^(key): /²lɵkːa/

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lucka c

1. a gap, a hole, an open slot, a small empty room

   en lucka i lagen

   a legal loophole

2. a hatch (that covers an open slot)
3. a service desk or box office

   damen i luckan

   the lady behind the counter

4. (colloquial) a barrack room

• “lucka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “lucka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “lucka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)