spæk

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German spek, from Proto-Germanic *spiką, cognate with German Speck (“bacon”), English speck (“fat”), Old Norse spik. The geminate consonant of Danish spæk(k-), Norwegian spekk and Swedish späck points to a Low German origin (the Old Norse form would have resulted in Danish *speg).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɛk/, [ˈsb̥ɛɡ̊]

Noun

spæk n (singular definite spækket, not used in plural form)

  1. blubber (of a whale or a seal)
  2. fat (of a pig)

Declension

Declension of spæk
neuter
gender 		singular
indefinite definite
nominative spæk spækket
genitive spæks spækkets

Derived terms

References

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