spæk

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German spek, form Proto-Germanic *spiką, cognate with German Speck (bacon), English speck (fat), Old Norse spik. The geminate consonant of Danish spæk(k-), Norwegian spekk and Swedish späck points to a Low German origin (the Old Norse form would have resulted in Danish *speg).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spɛk/, [ˈsb̥ɛɡ̊]

Noun

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spæk n (singular definite spækket, not used in plural form)

  1. blubber (of a whale or a seal)
  2. fat (of a pig)

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