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dreki

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse dreki, borrowed from Middle Low German drake, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dreki m (genitive singular dreka, plural drekar)

  1. dragon
  2. (viking) ship

Declension

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m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dreki drekin drekar drekarnir
accusative dreka drekan drekar drekarnar
dative dreka drekanum drekum drekunum
genitive dreka drekans dreka drekanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse dreki, borrowed from Middle Low German drake, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dreki m (genitive singular dreka, nominative plural drekar)

  1. dragon

Declension

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Declension of dreki (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dreki drekinn drekar drekarnir
accusative dreka drekann dreka drekana
dative dreka drekanum drekum drekunum
genitive dreka drekans dreka drekanna

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *drakō.

Noun

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dreki m

  1. (Old West Norse) dragon
    Synonyms: ormr, snákr, naðr
  2. (Old West Norse) dragonship, longship

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Faroese: dreki
  • Icelandic: dreki
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drake