fersken
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Danish persic, borrowed via Middle Low German persik from Late Latin (mālum) Persicum (“Persian apple”), a calque of Ancient Greek μῆλον Περσικόν (mêlon Persikón, “Persian apple”). Cognate with Swedish persika, German Pfirsich and French pêche (whence English peach).
The modern Danish form with f- has been influenced by German Pfirsich.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fersken c (singular definite ferskenen or fersknen, plural indefinite ferskener or ferskner)
- peach (tree, fruit and color)
Declension
[edit]common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fersken | ferskenen fersknen |
ferskener ferskner |
ferskenerne fersknerne |
genitive | ferskens | ferskenens fersknens |
ferskeners ferskners |
ferskenernes fersknernes |
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- fersken on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin persica via German Pfirsich, originally 'Persian (apple)'.
Noun
[edit]fersken m (definite singular ferskenen, indefinite plural ferskener, definite plural ferskenene)
Etymology 2
[edit]In the phrases på fersken / på fersk gjerning, from the adjective fersk.
Noun
[edit]fersken (indeclinable)
- the state of being in the act of committing a misdeed
Usage notes
[edit]Only occurs in the phrase på fersken.
Related terms
[edit]- ferske (verb)
References
[edit]- “fersken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin persica via German Pfirsich, originally 'Persian (apple)'.
Noun
[edit]fersken m (definite singular ferskenen, indefinite plural ferskenar, definite plural ferskenane)
Etymology 2
[edit]In the phrases på fersken / på fersk gjerning, from the adjective fersk.
Noun
[edit]fersken (indeclinable)
- the state of being in the act of committing a misdeed
Usage notes
[edit]Only occurs in the phrase på fersken.
Related terms
[edit]- ferske (verb)
References
[edit]- “fersken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish terms derived from Late Latin
- Danish terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Colors
- da:Fruits
- da:Plants
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Fruits
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Fruits