bænk
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old East Norse *benkr, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.
Noun edit
bænk c (singular definite bænken, plural indefinite bænke)
Inflection edit
Declension of bænk
References edit
- “bænk” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from East Norse. Cognate with Swedish bänk and Danish bænk. Also known in a runic 19th century spelling in a Trøndelag dialect compound term ᚢᛰᚳᛒᛆᛰᚳᚴ (venbænk, bench for friends), with rune ᚴ having a tailed form typical for only Trøndelag. [1] [2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bænk m (definite singular bænken, definite singular dative bænka, indefinite plural bænka or bænkar, definite plural bænkainn or bænkan or bænkane, definite plural dative bænkom)