sukker

See also: Sukker

Danish

sukker

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sokər/, [ˈsɔɡ̊ɐ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German sucker, from Italian zucchero,, from Arabic سُكَّر‎ (sukkar), from Persian شکر‎ (shekar), 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
Descendants

Etymology 2

See sukke (“to sigh”).

Verb

sukker

  1. present tense 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German sucker, and Italian zucchero.

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

References

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

References

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