fisker

See also: Fisker

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz. Cognate with Swedish fiskare, Norwegian fisker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feskər/, [ˈfesɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

fisker c (singular definite fiskeren, plural indefinite fiskere)

1. fisherman, angler

Inflection

Declension of fisker

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fisker	fiskeren	fiskere	fiskerne
genitive	fiskers	fiskerens	fiskeres	fiskernes

Etymology 2

See fiske (“to fish”).

Verb

fisker

1. present of fiske

References

• “fisker” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

fisker m

1. indefinite plural of fisk

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), from both *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”), possibly from *peh₂- (“to feed, to guard, to nourish”) + and from *-ārijaz (“-er”).

Cognate with Swedish fiskare, Danish fisker.

Noun

fisker m (definite singular fiskeren, indefinite plural fiskere, definite plural fiskerne)

1. a fisherman (both as an occupation and for leisure)

Etymology 3

Verb

fisker

1. present of fiske

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ᚠᛁᛋᚴᚽᚱ

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”).

Noun

fisker m

1. fish

Declension

Declension of fisker (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fisker	fiskrin	fiskar	fiskanir, fiskaner
accusative	fisk	fiskin	fiska	fiskana
dative	fiski, fiske	fiskinum, fiskenom	fiskum, fiskom	fiskumin, fiskomen
genitive	fisks	fisksins	fiska	fiskanna

Descendants

• Swedish: fisk