sukker

See also: Sukker

Danish

sukker

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsokər/, [ˈsɔ̝ɡ̊ɐ], [ˈsɔ̽kɒ̽]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German sucker, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر‎ (sukkar), from Persian شکر‎ (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).

Noun

sukker n (singular definite sukkeret, plural indefinite sukkere)

1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)
2. sugar (a generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc.)
3. (chemistry) sugar (any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy)

Inflection

Declension of sukker

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sukker	sukkeret	sukkere	sukkerne
genitive	sukkers	sukkerets	sukkeres	sukkernes

Descendants

• → Faroese: sukur
• → Icelandic: sykur

Etymology 2

See sukke (“to sigh”).

Verb

sukker

1. present of sukke

Livonian

Etymology

From German Zucker, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر‎ (sukkar), from Persian شکر‎ (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar,” originally “grit, gravel”).

Noun

sukker

1. sugar

Descendants

• → Latvian: cukurs
  • → Livonian: tsukkõr

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German sucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Italian zucchero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊkːər/

Noun

sukker n (definite singular sukkeret, indefinite plural sukker or sukkere, definite plural sukkera or sukkerne)

1. sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)
2. sugar (a generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc.)
3. sugar (any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy)

Derived terms

Terms derived from sukker

• blodsukker
• rørsukker
• sukkerbete
• sukkerbrød
• sukkerfri

• sukkerholdig
• sukkerkulør
• sukkermais
• sukkerroe
• sukkerrør

• sukkerspinn
• sukkersøt
• sukkertøy
• sukkervare
• sukre

References

• “sukker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German sucker, and Italian zucchero.

Noun

sukker n (definite singular sukkeret, indefinite plural sukker, definite plural sukkera)

1. sugar (as above)

Derived terms

Terms derived from sukker

• blodsukker
• sukkerbete
• sukkerbrød
• sukkerfri

• sukkerkulør
• sukkermais
• sukkerroe
• sukkerspinn

• sukkersøt
• sukkertøy
• sukkervare
• sukre

References

• “sukker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.