stärk
See also: stark, Stark, and stærk
Swedish
Verb
stärk
- imperative of stärka.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse sterkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ste̞rkʲ], [stɛrkʲ], [stærkʲ] (example of pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -ɛrk
Adjective
stärk (comparative stärkänä, superlative stärkäst, neuter stärt)
- strong
- vödhta jär stärk
- the wort is strong
- ram-stärk
- very strong
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Stärk”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 669