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Norwegian Bokmål
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)
- a birch (tree of genus Betula)
- 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)
- (pre-1938) alternative form of bjørk