dolk

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔlk/, [d̥ʌlɡ̊]

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Cognate with Dutch dolk, German Dolch and Swedish dolk.

Noun

dolk c (singular definite dolken, plural indefinite dolke)

  1. dagger (a stabbing weapon)
Declension

Etymology 2

See dolke (“to stab with a dagger”).

Verb

dolk

  1. imperative of dolke

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dolch.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔlk
  • dolk(file)

Noun

dolk m (plural dolken, diminutive dolkje n)

  1. A dagger, a relatively small, two-sided knife, fit as a stabbing weapon

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

dolk

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Dolch

Noun

dolk m (definite singular dolken, indefinite plural dolker, definite plural dolkene)

  1. dagger (small knife used as a weapon)

Etymology 2

Verb

dolk

  1. imperative of dolke

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Dolch

Noun

dolk m (definite singular dolken, indefinite plural dolkar, definite plural dolkane)

  1. dagger (as above)

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German dolk, from Old Saxon *dalk, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰalg-, *dʰalk-.

Noun

dolk c

  1. dagger, small knife

Declension

Declension of dolk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dolk dolken dolkar dolkarna
Genitive dolks dolkens dolkars dolkarnas
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