prakt
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
A loan translation from the Middle Low German pracht and later from the Danish pragt. Compare the archaic compounds hofprakt and hoffrakt.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prakt f (genitive singular praktar, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of prakt
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
prakt f or m (definite singular prakta or prakten, uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German pracht, from Old High German braht (“crackling noise”), from Proto-Germanic *brahtaz (“cracking, snapping”), referring to the sound of applause. Influenced by German prangen (“to show off”).
Noun edit
prakt c
Declension edit
| Declension of prakt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | prakt | prakten | — | — |
| Genitive | prakts | praktens | — | — |