dolk

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔlk/, [d̥ʌlɡ̊]

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Low German Dolk, from Middle Low German dolk, from Old Saxon *dalk, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“dagger”). Cognate with Dutch dolk, German Dolch and Swedish dolk.

Noun

dolk c (singular definite dolken, plural indefinite dolke)

1. dagger (a stabbing weapon)

Declension

Declension of dolk

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dolk	dolken	dolke	dolkene
genitive	dolks	dolkens	dolkes	dolkenes

Etymology 2

See dolke (“to stab with a dagger”).

Verb

dolk

1. imperative of dolke

References

• “dolk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dolch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔlk/

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• Hyphenation: dolk
• Rhymes: -ɔlk

Noun

dolk m (plural dolken, diminutive dolkje n)

1. a dagger, a relatively small, two-sided knife, fit as a stabbing weapon

Synonyms

• dag, dagge
• dolkmes
• ponjaard

Derived terms

• dolken
• dolkheft
• dolkmes
• dolksteek
• dolkstoot

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dolk

Verb

dolk

1. inflection of dolken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Dolch.

Noun

dolk m (definite singular dolken, indefinite plural dolker, definite plural dolkene)

1. dagger (small knife used as a weapon)

Etymology 2

Verb

dolk

1. imperative of dolke

References

• “dolk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Dolch.

Noun

dolk m (definite singular dolken, indefinite plural dolkar, definite plural dolkane)

1. dagger (as above)

References

• “dolk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en dolk

Etymology

From Middle Low German dolk, from Old Saxon *dalk, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰalg-, *dʰalk-.

Noun

dolk c

1. a dagger (short stabbing weapon)

   en dolk i ryggen

   a dagger in the back [usually figuratively – see also dolkstöt]

Declension

Declension of dolk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dolk	dolks
	definite	dolken	dolkens
plural	indefinite	dolkar	dolkars
	definite	dolkarna	dolkarnas

Derived terms

• dolksvans (“horseshoe crab”)
• dolkstöt

Related terms

• dolka

References

• dolk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dolk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dolk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)