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Icelandic
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Middle Low German sterke (“starch, stiffness, strength”), from Old Saxon *sterkī, from Proto-West Germanic *starkī. Cognate with English starch, German Stärke (“starch”), dialectal Dutch sterk (“starch”). Compare also Swedish stärkelse (“starch”).
Noun
sterkja f (genitive singular sterkju, no plural)
- starch
Declension
Declension of sterkja (sg-only feminine)