björk

See also: bjørk, bjǫrk, Björk, and Bjørk

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjœr̥k/
    Rhymes: -œr̥k

Noun

björk f (genitive singular bjarkar, nominative plural bjarkir)

  1. a birch tree

Declension

Synonyms

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbjœ̞rk]
    • (file)
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [ˈbjɵrk]

Noun

björk c

  1. birch tree
  2. birch wood

Declension

Declension of björk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative björk björken björkar björkarna
Genitive björks björkens björkars björkarnas

References

  1. Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal], number 3

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