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

Declension

declension of björk

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	björk	björkin	bjarkir	bjarkirnar
accusative	björk	björkina	bjarkir	bjarkirnar
dative	björk	björkinni	björkum	björkunum
genitive	bjarkar	bjarkarinnar	bjarka	bjarkanna

Synonyms

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

See also

• elri
• ölur

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbjœ̞rk]

  • Audio (Sweden)

    (file)

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

Noun

björk c

1. birch tree
2. birch wood

Declension

Declension of björk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	björk	björken	björkar	björkarna
Genitive	björks	björkens	björkars	björkarnas

Further reading

• björk in Svensk ordbok.