stjälk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stiælker, stiælke, from Proto-Indo-European *stel-. Cognate with English stalk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ɧɛlk/, [¹ɧɛl̪ːk]
• Rhymes: -ɛlk

Noun

stjälk c

1. The stem of a herbaceous (non-woody) plant

Declension

Declension of stjälk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stjälk	stjälken	stjälkar	stjälkarna
Genitive	stjälks	stjälkens	stjälkars	stjälkarnas

References

• stjälk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• stjälk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)