bjørk

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See also: björk, bjǫrk, Björk, and Bjørk

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós. Cognates include Danish birk, Swedish björk, German Birke, Dutch berk, English birch, and Lithuanian beržas.

Pronunciation

Noun

bjørk f (genitive singular bjarkar, plural bjarkir)

  1. birch

Declension

f3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bjørk bjørkin bjarkir bjarkirnar
accusative bjørk bjørkina bjarkir bjarkirnar
dative bjørk bjørkini bjørkum, bjarkum bjørkunum, bjarkunum
genitive bjarkar bjarkarinnar bjarka bjarkanna

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós. Cognates include Danish birk, Swedish björk, German Birke, Dutch berk, English birch, and Lithuanian beržas.

Pronunciation

Noun

bjørk f or m (definite singular bjørka or bjørken, indefinite plural bjørker, definite plural bjørkene)

  1. a birch (tree)
  2. birch (wood from the birch tree)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun bjørk

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *berkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós. Akin to English birch.

Pronunciation

Noun

bjørk f (definite singular bjørka, indefinite plural bjørker, definite plural bjørkene)

  1. a birch tree (a tree of the genus Betula)
  2. birch (wood from the birch tree)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun bjørk

References

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