bekk

Icelandic

Noun

bekk

  1. indefinite accusative singular of bekkur
  2. indefinite dative singular of bekkur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Cognate with German Bach, northern English beck.

Noun

bekk m (definite singular bekken, indefinite plural bekker, definite plural bekkene)

  1. brook, creek, stream (a body of running water smaller than a river)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Cognate with German Bach, northern English beck.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛkː/

Noun

bekk m (definite singular bekken, indefinite plural bekker or bekkar, definite plural bekkene or bekkane)

  1. brook, creek, stream (a body of running water smaller than a river)

Inflection
Historical inflection of bekk
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Bekk Bekken Bekkjer Bekkjerne
1901 bekkjer (bekkir) bekkjerne (bekkine)
1917 bekker bekkene
1938 bekker [bekkar] bekkene [bekkane]
2012 (current) bekk bekken bekkar, bekker bekkane, bekkene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

References

Old Norse

Noun

bekk

  1. accusative/dative singular of bekkr
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