stakk
Icelandic
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stakː/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse stakkr (“a short garment; doublet”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a short jacket”), from *stakkaz (“short”).
Noun
stakk m (definite singular stakken, indefinite plural stakkar, definite plural stakkane)
- a skirt
- (Gudbrand Valley) a woman’s whole attire
- (figuratively) a woman
- (historical) a (short) coat
- skinnstakk ― leather jacket (used by fishermen)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse stakkr, from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz. Akin to English stack.
Noun
stakk m (definite singular stakken, indefinite plural stakkar, definite plural stakkane)
- a stack (such as a haystack)
Derived terms
References
- “stakk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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