skänk
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Swedish
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Noun
[edit]skänk c
- (furniture) a sideboard
- (somewhat dated) a serving and display counter (at a restaurant, pub, or the like)
- (somewhat dated) a room or the like where food is prepared at such an establishment, a kitchen
- (in compounds) a person whose occupation is to serve alcoholic beverages
- munskänk
- cupbearer
- (metallurgy) a ladle
Usage notes
[edit]Especially of taller, more compact sideboards, like in the images, though it's bound to be a bit fuzzy. Compare sideboard.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of skänk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skänk | skänken | skänkar | skänkarna |
| Genitive | skänks | skänkens | skänkars | skänkarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- byffé (“buffet (sideboard)”)
- kredensbord (“credence table; credenza”)
- sideboard
Noun
[edit]skänk c
- (archaic) a gift, a present
- få något till skänks
- receive something as a gift (idiomatic, with frozen genitive from when till governed the genitive)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of skänk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skänk | skänken | skänker | skänkerna |
| Genitive | skänks | skänkens | skänkers | skänkernas |
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]skänk
- imperative of skänka