sukker
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German sucker, from Italian zucchero,, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (shekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).
Noun
sukker n (singular definite sukkeret, plural indefinite sukkere)
- sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)
- sugar (a generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc.)
- (chemistry) sugar (any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy)
Inflection
Descendants
Etymology 2
See sukke (“to sigh”).
Verb
sukker
Livonian
Etymology
From German Zucker, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar,” originally “grit, gravel”).
Noun
sukker
Descendants
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German sucker, and Italian zucchero.
Pronunciation
Noun
sukker n (definite singular sukkeret, indefinite plural sukker or sukkere, definite plural sukkera or sukkerne)
- sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)
- sugar (a generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc.)
- sugar (any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy)
Derived terms
References
- “sukker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German sucker, and Italian zucchero.
Noun
sukker n (definite singular sukkeret, indefinite plural sukker, definite plural sukkera)
- sugar (as above)
Derived terms
References
- “sukker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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