See also: Fisker

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz. Cognate with Swedish fiskare, Norwegian fisker.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /feskər/, [ˈfesɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

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fisker c (singular definite fiskeren, plural indefinite fiskere)

  1. fisherman, angler
Inflection
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Declension of fisker
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fisker fiskeren fiskere fiskerne
genitive fiskers fiskerens fiskeres fiskernes

Etymology 2

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See fiske (to fish).

Verb

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fisker

  1. present of fiske

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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fisker m

  1. indefinite plural of fisk

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (fisher), from both *fiskaz (fish), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (fish), possibly from *peh₂- (to feed, to guard, to nourish) + and from *-ārijaz (-er).

Cognate with Swedish fiskare, Danish fisker.

Noun

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fisker m (definite singular fiskeren, indefinite plural fiskere, definite plural fiskerne)

  1. a fisherman (both as an occupation and for leisure)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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fisker

  1. present of fiske

Old Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (fish), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (fish).

Noun

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fisker m

  1. fish

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: fisk