sukker
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsokər/, [ˈsɔ̝ɡ̊ɐ], [ˈsɔ̽kɒ̽]
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German sucker, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).
Noun
sukker n (singular definite sukkeret, plural indefinite sukkere)
- sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)
- sugar (a generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc.)
- (chemistry) sugar (any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy)
Inflection
| neuter gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sukker | sukkeret | sukkere | sukkerne |
| genitive | sukkers | sukkerets | sukkeres | sukkernes |
Descendants
Etymology 2
See sukke (“to sigh”).
Verb
sukker
- present of sukke
Livonian
Etymology
From German Zucker, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar,” originally “grit, gravel”).
Noun
sukker
Descendants
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German sucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Italian zucchero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [¹sukːəɾ]
Noun
sukker n (definite singular sukkeret, indefinite plural sukker or sukkere, definite plural sukkera or sukkerne)
- sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)
- sugar (a generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc.)
- sugar (any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy)
Derived terms
References
- “sukker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German sucker, and Italian zucchero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sukːer/
Noun
sukker n (definite singular sukkeret, indefinite plural sukker, definite plural sukkera)
- sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)
- sugar (a generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc.)
- sugar (any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy)
Derived terms
References
- “sukker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.