valk
See also: Valk
English
Etymology
Shortening.
Noun
valk (plural valks)
- (informal, video games, roguelikes) valkyrie
References
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Danish
Verb
valk
- imperative of valke
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch valke, from Old Dutch *falco, from Proto-West Germanic *falkō, from Proto-Germanic *falkô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑlk/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: valk
- Rhymes: -ɑlk
Noun
valk f or m (plural valken, diminutive valkje n)
- a falcon, bird of the family Falconidae, in particular of the genus Falco
- a type of sailboat (see picture)
Derived terms
- boomvalk
- dwergvalk
- Eleonora's valk
- lachvalk
- lannervalk
- leeuwerikvalk
- musvalk
- roodpootvalk
- rotsvalk
- slechtvalk
- steenvalk
- torenvalk
- valkenier
- valkenjacht
- valkerij
- valkparkiet
- valkuil
- woestijnvalk
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: valk
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
From an older meaning ’lump’, from valka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /valk/
- Rhymes: -alk
Noun
valk c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | valk | valks |
| definite | valken | valkens | |
| plural | indefinite | valkar | valkars |
| definite | valkarna | valkarnas |
See also
References
- valk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- valk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- valk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Svensk MeSH