bænk

See also: bänk and Bänk

Danish

Etymology

From Old East Norse *benkr, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

Noun

bænk c (singular definite bænken, plural indefinite bænke)

1. bench

Inflection

Declension of bænk

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bænk	bænken	bænke	bænkene
genitive	bænks	bænkens	bænkes	bænkenes

References

• “bænk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably borrowed from East Norse. Cognate with Swedish bänk and Danish bænk. Also known in a runic 19th century spelling in a Trøndelag dialect compound term ᚢᛰᚳᛒᛆᛰᚳᚴ (venbænk, bench for friends), with rune ᚴ having a tailed form typical for only Trøndelag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæŋk/

Noun

bænk m (definite singular bænken, definite singular dative bænka, indefinite plural bænka or bænkar, definite plural bænkainn or bænkan or bænkane, definite plural dative bænkom)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of benk (“bench”)