björk

See also: bjørk, bjǫrk, Björk, and Bjørk

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjœr̥k/

  Rhymes: -œr̥k

Noun

björk f (genitive singular bjarkar, nominative plural bjarkir)

1. a birch tree

Synonyms

• (birch): birkitré, birki (usually collective)

See also

• elri
• ölur

Swedish

björkskog [birch forest]

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbjœ̞rk]

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• (nonstandard, nonetheless common) IPA^(key): [ˈbjɵrk]

Noun

björk c

1. birch (tree)
2. birch (wood)

Declension

Declension of björk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	björk	björks
	definite	björken	björkens
plural	indefinite	björkar	björkars
	definite	björkarna	björkarnas

Derived terms

• björkris

See also

• gran (“spruce”)
• näver (“birch bark”)
• tall (“pine”)

References

• björk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• björk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• björk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)