sterkja
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Likely borrowed from Middle Low German sterke (“starch, stiffness, strength”), from Old Saxon *sterkī, from Proto-West Germanic *starkī. Cognate with English starch, German Stärke (“starch”), dialectal Dutch sterk (“starch”). Compare also Swedish stärkelse (“starch”).
Noun edit
sterkja f (genitive singular sterkju, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of sterkja
| f-w1 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sterkja | sterkjan |
| accusative | sterkju | sterkjuna |
| dative | sterkju | sterkjunni |
| genitive | sterkju | sterkjunnar |