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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German spek, form Proto-Germanic *spiką, cognate with German Speck (“bacon”), English speck (“fat”), Old Norse spik. The geminate consonant of Danish spæk(k-), Norwegian spekk and Swedish späck points to a Low German origin (the Old Norse form would have resulted in Danish *speg).
Pronunciation
Noun
spæk n (singular definite spækket, not used in plural form)
- blubber (of a whale or a seal)
- fat (of a pig)
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