agurk

Danish

Etymology

Via Low German agurke or Dutch agurk from Polish ogórek, from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, melon). Possibly a derivation from ἄγουρος (ágouros, unripe), from Ancient Greek ἄωρος (áōros, unripe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈkuɐ̯k]

Noun

agurk c (singular definite agurken, plural indefinite agurker)

  1. cucumber

Inflection

Declension of agurk
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative agurk agurken agurker agurkerne
genitive agurks agurkens agurkers agurkernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

agurk m (definite singular agurken, indefinite plural agurker, definite plural agurkene)

  1. cucumber (plant and vegetable)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɡʉrk/
  • IPA(key): /aˈɡːʉʂk/ (Trøndelag)

Noun

agurk m (definite singular agurken, indefinite plural agurkar, definite plural agurkane)

  1. cucumber