enke – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of enke

Noun: enke
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.enke
Pl.enker

Definite

Sg.enka; enken
Pl.enkene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like enke

krokodille, snuppe, flytebrygge, smekke, slynge, slette, skøyte, sløyfe, brennesle, skuffe, skråme, skrøne, skisse, skinke, skinne, skjære, skorpe, diamantgruve, revebjelle, øygruppe, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), Old East Norse variant of Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ. See: Old Norse Nouns 'ekkja'.

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