bänk

From Old Swedish bænker, from (East) Old Norse *benkr (cf. West Old Norse bekkr), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

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bänk c

1. bench, a long sofa without bolster
2. bench; where players of a sport sit when not playing
3. workbench
4. school desk; a very simple table - possibly with a sloping top - for the use of students and school pupils
5. worktop, kitchen bench

• (workbench): arbetsbänk
• (school desk): skolbänk
• (kitchen bench): köksbänk

• ljugarbänk

• bänk in Svensk ordbok.