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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
rokk n (genitive singular rokks, no plural)
- rock (music genre)
Declension
Noun
rokk
- indefinite accusative singular of rokkur
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rokka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *rokka. Cognates include Finnish rokka.
Noun
rokk
- fish soup
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse rokkr.
Noun
rokk m (definite singular rokken, indefinite plural rokker, definite plural rokkene)
- a spinning wheel
References
- “rokk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse rokkr.
Noun
rokk m (definite singular rokken, indefinite plural rokkar, definite plural rokkane)
- a spinning wheel
Etymology 2
From the verb ryka.
Alternative forms
Noun
rokk n (definite singular rokket, indefinite plural rokk, definite plural rokka)
- sea spray, spindrift, driving rain, driving snow
Further reading
- “rokk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.