språk – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: språk
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	språk
Pl.	språk

Definite

Sg.	språket
Pl.	språka; språkene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like språk

kretsløp, kroppsvev, sexliv, samråd, samvær, samløp, sesongkort, cappella-kor, solbær, sjøfly, sjøliv, betongrør, passasjertog, passasjerfly, skritt, skjerf, skjegg, skjold, fenakjøtt, selvmord, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Inherited from Danish sprog with native Norwegian -k and a more etymological and phonetic vowel spelling. Further from Middle Low German sprâke, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku. The form was already used by Knudsen, but was one of those criticized for going beyond the “educated vernacular” (which had Danish /ɡ/ in this word). See: Danish Nouns 'sprog', Danish Nouns 'sprog'.

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