stærsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Rebracketing of sterk. Same source as Jamtish stærsk. The e-sound before r sounding like æ is very common for most of Norwegian pronounce variations, but the change e->æ itself is particularly very common for Trøndelag dialect.

The sound r in Trøndelag dialect is changing into sj before s, k, t or p. Due to this change, the sound combination rk can be understood and written as sjk or rsk, and vice versa (see e.g. kjersk). [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stæʃk/

Adjective

stærsk (definite singular and plural stærske, comparative stærskar, indefinite superlative stærskast)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) eye dialect spelling of sterk (“strong”).

References
  1. A. Dalen, J. R. Hagland, S. Hårstad, H. Rydving, O. Stemshaug (2008) Trøndersk språkhistorie: Språkforhold i ein region
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