falk
English
Alternative forms
- falc
- faik
Noun
falk (plural falks)
- (UK, dialect) The razorbill.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for falk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- KLFA, flak
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse falki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /falk/, [falˀɡ̊]
Noun
falk c (singular definite falken, plural indefinite falke)
- falcon (bird of the genus Falco)
Inflection
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | falk | falken | falke | falkene |
| genitive | falks | falkens | falkes | falkenes |
Further reading
falk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German valk, via Old Norse falkr; compare with German Falke.
Noun
falk m (definite singular falken, indefinite plural falker, definite plural falkene)
- a falcon (bird of the genus Falco)
Derived terms
- vandrefalk
References
- “falk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German valk, via Old Norse falkr; compare with German Falke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɑlk/
Noun
falk m (definite singular falken, indefinite plural falkar, definite plural falkane)
- a falcon, all birds in the genus Falco, most birds in the family Falconidae
Derived terms
- vandrefalk
References
- “falk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse falki. Compare German Falke, English falcon.
Pronunciation
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Noun
falk c
- falcon (bird of the genus Falco)
Declension
| Declension of falk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | falk | falken | falkar | falkarna |
| Genitive | falks | falkens | falkars | falkarnas |
Derived terms
- pilgrimsfalk
Anagrams
- flak