merkeleg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • merskle (eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse merkiligr. Compare Swedish märklig, Danish mærkelig and Norwegian Bokmål merkelig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²mɛrk(ɛ)lɛ(ɡ)/
  • IPA(key): /mɛʂklɛ/ (Trøndelag)

Adjective

merkeleg (indefinite singular merkeleg, definite singular and plural merkelege, comparative merkelegare, indefinite superlative merkelegast, definite superlative merkelegaste)

  1. strange
    Det var ein merkeleg stein.
    That was a strange rock.

Adverb

merkeleg

  1. strangely, oddly
    Merkeleg nok gjekk det bra.
    Oddly enough, it went well.

References

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