sterk
Afrikaans
Etymology
Adjective
sterk (attributive sterk or (seldom) sterke, comparative sterker, superlative sterkste)
Inflection
| predicative | attributive | independent | partitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| positive | sterk | sterk, sterke | sterke | sterkes | sterks |
| comparative | sterker | sterkere | sterkeres | sterkers | |
| superlative | sterkste | sterkstes | — | ||
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɛrk/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: sterk
- Rhymes: -ɛrk
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch starc, sterc, from Old Dutch starc, from Proto-West Germanic *stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkaz.
Adjective
sterk (comparative sterker, superlative sterkst)
- strong, having physical strength
- concentrated, strong, powerful in taste
- implausible, improbable
- (Germanic grammar) strong, pertaining to strong verbs
- (Germanic grammar) strong, pertaining to strong nouns, strong declension
Declension
| Declension of sterk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | sterk | |||
| inflected | sterke | |||
| comparative | sterker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | sterk | sterker | het sterkst het sterkste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | sterke | sterkere | sterkste |
| n. sing. | sterk | sterker | sterkste | |
| plural | sterke | sterkere | sterkste | |
| definite | sterke | sterkere | sterkste | |
| partitive | sterks | sterkers | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Negerhollands: stark, sterk
- → Virgin Islands Creole: sterek (dated)
- → Indonesian: ster (“queen (chess)”)
- → Papiamentu: stèrki
Etymology 2
Noun
sterk m (uncountable)
- ellipsis of sterkedrank
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sterk
- inflection of sterken:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
Icelandic
Adjective
sterk
- inflection of sterkur:
- feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
- neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
- neuter plural accusative strong positive degree
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse sterkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-.
Adjective
sterk (neuter singular sterkt, definite singular and plural sterke, comparative sterkere, indefinite superlative sterkest, definite superlative sterkeste)
Derived terms
References
- “sterk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse starkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-. Cognate with English stark.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɛrk/
Adjective
sterk (neuter sterkt, definite singular and plural sterke, comparative sterkare, indefinite superlative sterkast, definite superlative sterkaste)
- strong, powerful
- Bjørnen er veldig sterk.
- The bear is very strong.
- emotional
- Eg møtte mora mi for første gong på 20 år. Det var veldig sterkt.
- I met my mother for the first time in 20 years. It was very emotional.
Derived terms
References
- “sterk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *stark.[1] Cognates include Old English stearc and Old Saxon stark.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsterk/, [ˈstærk]
Adjective
sterk
Descendants
References
- ^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29
Old High German
Alternative forms
- sterc, sterac
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
sterk m
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sterk | sterkā, sterka |
| accusative | sterk | sterkā, sterka |
| genitive | sterkes | sterko |
| dative | sterke | sterkum |
| instrumental | sterku | — |
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014