bjerk

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Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos. Cognate with English birch and Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá).

Noun

bjerk f or m (definite singular bjerka or bjerken, indefinite plural bjerker, definite plural bjerkene)

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bjerk f (definite singular bjerka or bjerki, indefinite plural bjerker, definite plural bjerkene)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of bjørk