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stork

See also: Stork and Störk

English

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A stork.

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From Middle English stork, from Old English storc, from Proto-West Germanic *stork, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos (“stork”). Near cognates include Dutch stork, German Storch, Swedish stork, and Icelandic storkur. Compare also Latvian stārķis (“stork”), borrowed from Germanic.

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stork (plural storks)

  1. A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae.
  2. (children's folklore) The mythical bringer of babies to families, or good news.
  3. (cartomancy) The seventeenth Lenormand card.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish stork, from Old Norse storkr (“stork”).

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  • IPA(key): /stɔːrk/, [sd̥ɒːɡ̊]

Noun

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stork c (singular definite storken, plural indefinite storke)

  1. stork

Declension

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Declension of stork
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stork storken storke storkene
genitive storks storkens storkes storkenes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch storke, from Old Dutch *stork, from Proto-West Germanic *stork, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz.

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stork m (plural storken, diminutive storkje n)

  1. (dialectal, uncommon) Synonym of ooievaar (“Ciconia ciconia”)
    • 1700, Mosaïze historie der Hebreeuwse kerke, part 2, publ. by Willem & David Goeree, page 461, quoting a saying.
      Het regtschaapen Haagze Waapen, is een Stork; / Dats een Mikker voor de Kikker en de Work.
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    • 1864, J. A. Klokman, “Een Achterhoeksche boerenzoon, die Artis bezoekt”, in Het leeskabinet. Mengelwerk tot gezellig onderhoud voor beschaafde kringen, volume 4, 18:
      En betjen vèrder, regs af daor, trof ik 'n heele boel van die lankbeenige veugele an; 'et wazzen allerlei vremde soorten van kranen, storken (ooijevaars) en zuk goed; van die storken hadden ze spierwitte en pikzwarte.
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Icelandic

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stork

  1. indefinite accusative singular of storkur

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English storc, from Proto-Germanic *sturkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos.

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stork (plural storkes)

  1. stork

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  • English: stork
  • Scots: stork

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse storkr.

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stork m (definite singular storken, indefinite plural storker, definite plural storkene)

  1. a stork

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Old Norse storkr.

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stork m (definite singular storken, indefinite plural storkar, definite plural storkane)

  1. stork

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Old Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse storkr (“stork”).

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stork

  1. stork

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish storker, from Old Norse storkr.

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stork c

  1. (zoology) stork

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Declension of stork 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stork storken storkar storkarna
Genitive storks storkens storkars storkarnas

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Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English stork.

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Noun

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stork (nominative plural storks)

  1. (male or female) stork

Declension

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declension of stork
singular plural
nominative stork storks
genitive storka storkas
dative storke storkes
accusative storki storkis
vocative 1 o stork! o storks!
predicative 2 storku storkus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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