Noun: laukur
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | laukur |
| Sg. Def. | laukurinn |
| Pl. Indef. | laukar |
| Pl. Def. | laukarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | lauks |
| Sg. Def. | lauksins |
| Pl. Indef. | lauka |
| Pl. Def. | laukanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | lauk; lauki |
| Sg. Def. | lauknum |
| Pl. Indef. | laukum |
| Pl. Def. | laukunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | lauk |
| Sg. Def. | laukinn |
| Pl. Indef. | lauka |
| Pl. Def. | laukana |
Sample Sentences
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Laukur ættarinnar. (The best of the family.)
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Stíga í laukana. (To live in good fortune.)
Nouns inflected like laukur
snákur,
saumur,
eldhúshnífur,
steikarhnífur,
flaggdúkur,
kökuhnífur,
kóngshrókur,
dósahnífur,
gangráður,
vasaklútur,
vasahnífur,
eyrnalokkur,
strandsauðlaukur,
labbakútur,
rauðlaukur,
aðdáendahópur,
hrútspungur,
útsaumur,
vorlaukur,
dúkahnífur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.
2. Cognate with English leek, from Middle English, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), Danish løg, Swedish lök (“onion”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”) and Bulgarian лук (luk, “onion”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
laukr', English Nouns '
leek', Old English Nouns '
lēac', Danish Nouns '
løg', Swedish Nouns '
lök', German Nouns '
Lauch', Bulgarian Nouns '
лук'.
Verbs referencing "laukur"
English Nouns
leek, Old English Nouns
leac.
Translations