bekk

Icelandic

Noun

bekk

1. indefinite accusative singular of bekkur
2. indefinite dative singular of bekkur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Cognate with German Bach, northern English beck.

Noun

bekk m (definite singular bekken, indefinite plural bekker, definite plural bekkene)

1. brook, creek, stream (a body of running water smaller than a river)

References

• “bekk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Cognate with German Bach, northern English beck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛkː/

Noun

bekk m (definite singular bekken, indefinite plural bekker or bekkar, definite plural bekkene or bekkane)

1. brook, creek, stream (a body of running water smaller than a river)
2. (Bergen dialect) well

   Synonym: brunn

Inflection

Historical inflection of bekk

		singular		plural
		indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
Aasen1		Bekk	Bekken	Bekkjer	Bekkjerne
1901				bekkjer (bekkir)	bekkjerne (bekkine)
1917				bekker	bekkene
1938				bekker [bekkar]	bekkene [bekkane]
2012 (current)		bekk	bekken	bekkar, bekker	bekkane, bekkene

• Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
• Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
• Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
• ¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

References

• “bekk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Noun

bekk

1. accusative/dative singular of bekkr