sterkja

Icelandic

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Middle Low German sterke (“starch, stiffness, strength”), from Old Saxon *sterkī, from Proto-West Germanic *starkī. Cognate with English starch, German Stärke (“starch”), dialectal Dutch sterk (“starch”). Compare also Swedish stärkelse (“starch”).

Noun

sterkja f (genitive singular sterkju, no plural)

  1. starch

Declension

Declension of sterkja (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative sterkja sterkjan
accusative sterkju sterkjuna
dative sterkju sterkjunni
genitive sterkju sterkjunnar
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