dolk

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Low German Dolk, from Middle Low German dolk, from Old Saxon *dalk, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“dagger”). Cognate with Dutch dolk, German Dolch and Swedish dolk.

Noun

dolk c (singular definite dolken, plural indefinite dolke)

  1. dagger (a stabbing weapon)
Declension
Declension of dolk
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dolk dolken dolke dolkene
genitive dolks dolkens dolkes dolkenes

Etymology 2

See dolke (“to stab with a dagger”).

Verb

dolk

  1. imperative of dolke

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dolch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔlk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dolk
  • Rhymes: -ɔlk

Noun

dolk m (plural dolken, diminutive dolkje n)

  1. a dagger, a relatively small, two-sided knife, fit as a stabbing weapon

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dolk

Verb

dolk

  1. inflection of dolken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From German Dolch.

Noun

dolk m (definite singular dolken, indefinite plural dolker, definite plural dolkene)

  1. dagger (small knife used as a weapon)

Etymology 2

Verb

dolk

  1. imperative of dolke

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Dolch.

Noun

dolk m (definite singular dolken, indefinite plural dolkar, definite plural dolkane)

  1. dagger (as above)

References

Swedish

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en dolk

Etymology

From Middle Low German dolk, from Old Saxon *dalk, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰalg-, *dʰalk-.

Noun

dolk c

  1. a dagger (short stabbing weapon)
    en dolk i ryggen
    a dagger in the back

Declension

Declension of dolk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dolk dolks
definite dolken dolkens
plural indefinite dolkar dolkars
definite dolkarna dolkarnas

Derived terms

References

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