kverk

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kverk, from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰvɛr̥k/
  • Rhymes: -ɛr̥k

Noun

kverk f (genitive singular kverkar, nominative plural kverkar)

  1. (in the plural) throat
  2. internal angle

Declension
declension of kverk
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kverk kverkin kverkar kverkarnar
accusative kverk kverkina kverkar kverkarnar
dative kverk kverkinni kverkum kverkunum
genitive kverkar kverkarinnar kverka kverkanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kverk.

Noun

kverk m (definite singular kverken, indefinite plural kverkar, definite plural kverkane)

  1. inside of throat; gills
  2. a place where something narrows in width
  3. (on humans) throat

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • ta kverken på

References

“kverk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.

Noun

kverk f (genitive kverkar, plural kverkr)

  1. the angle below the chin
  2. (plural) throat

Declension
  Declension of kverk (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kverk kverkin kverkr kverkrnar
accusative kverk kverkina kverkr kverkrnar
dative kverk kverkinni kverkum kverkunum
genitive kverkar kverkarinnar kverka kverkanna

Descendants

References

kverk in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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