sprek
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
sprek n (genitive singular spreks, nominative plural sprek)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “sprek” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
sprek (masculine and feminine sprek, neuter sprekt, definite singular and plural spreke, comparative sprekere, indefinite superlative sprekest, definite superlative sprekeste)
References edit
- “sprek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse sprækr. Cognates include English spry.
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
sprek (neuter sprekt, definite singular and plural spreke, comparative sprekare, indefinite superlative sprekast, definite superlative sprekaste)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
sprek n (definite singular spreket, indefinite plural sprek, definite plural spreka)
- a dry twig
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References edit
- “sprek” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
sprek n
Descendants edit
Russenorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From a Germanic language. May be a loan from some older unknown pidgin. Possible sources are e.g. Middle Dutch sprēken or Old Frisian spreka.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sprek
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag
- М. Пришвин (1908) За волшебнымъ колобкомъ : По Крайнему Сѣверу Россiи и Норвегiи, reedition 1982 on the Russian Wikisource.Wikisource ru