sterk

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• Rhymes: -ɛrk
• IPA^(key): /stɛrk/

From Middle Dutch starc, sterc, from Old Dutch stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkaz.

sterk (comparative sterker, superlative sterkst)

1. strong, having physical strength
2. concentrated, strong, powerful in taste
3. implausible, improbable

• sterken
• sterker nog
• sterkte

See the etymology of the main entry.

sterk

1. first-person singular present indicative of sterken
2. imperative of sterken

• kerst, strek

From Old Norse sterkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-

sterk (neuter singular sterkt, definite singular and plural sterke, comparative sterkere, indefinite superlative sterkest, definite superlative sterkeste)

1. strong

• en kjede er aldri sterkere enn sitt svakeste ledd
• slitesterk

• “sterk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse starkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-. Cognate with English stark.

• IPA^(key): /stɛrk/

sterk (masculine and feminine sterk, neuter sterkt, definite singular and plural sterke, comparative sterkare, indefinite superlative sterkast, definite superlative sterkaste)

1. strong, powerful

   Bjørnen er veldig sterk.

   The bear is very strong.

2. emotional

   Eg møtte mora mi for første gong på 20 år. Det var veldig sterkt.

   I met my mother for the first time in 20 years. It was very emotional.

• slitesterk

• “sterk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.