torsk

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Swedish torsk

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɔɹsk/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

torsk (plural torsks)

  1. An edible fish, Brosme brosme.
    Synonym: cusk

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Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þorskr.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɔːrsk/, [tˢɒːsɡ̊]

Noun[edit]

torsk c (singular definite torsken, plural indefinite torsk)

  1. cod, codfish
  2. (derogatory) ass, fool

Inflection[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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torsk

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þorskr, þoskr.

Noun[edit]

torsk m (definite singular torsken, indefinite plural torsker, definite plural torskene)

  1. a cod

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þorskr, þoskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [tʰɞ̞sk], [tʰɞ̞r̥ˠsk], [tʰɞ̞ʂk]

Noun[edit]

torsk m (definite singular torsken, indefinite plural torskar, definite plural torskane)

  1. a cod

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish þorsker, from Old Norse þorskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

torsk c

  1. a cod
  2. (slang) a person who visits prostitutes; a john
    Synonym: sexköpare
  3. (medicine) candidiasis, a fungal infection
  4. (colloquial, especially sports) a failure, a loss
    laget åkte på torskthe team lost

Declension[edit]

Declension of torsk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative torsk torsken torskar torskarna
Genitive torsks torskens torskars torskarnas

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