salskrake

Swedish

Etymology

The first part sal possibly from Icelandic or Norwegian, meaning bleak or dirty. The second part is skrake, a kind of bird.

Noun

salskrake c

  1. a smew (a bird, Mergus albellus)

Declension

Declension of salskrake 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative salskrake salskraken salskrakar salskrakarna
Genitive salskrakes salskrakens salskrakars salskrakarnas

References

  • salskrake in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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