spæk

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

IPA^(key): /spɛk/, [ˈsb̥ɛɡ̊]

Noun

spæk n (singular definite spækket, not used in plural form)

blubber (of a whale or a seal)
fat (of a pig)

Declension

Declension of spæk

neuter gender	Singular
neuter gender	indefinite	definite
nominative	spæk	spækket
genitive	spæks	spækkets

Derived terms

spækfyldt
spækhugger
spækhøker
spække
spæklag

References

“spæk” in Den Danske Ordbog

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