sterkja

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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)

  1. starch

Declension

    Declension of sterkja
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative sterkja sterkjan
accusative sterkju sterkjuna
dative sterkju sterkjunni
genitive sterkju sterkjunnar