sterkja

Icelandic

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Middle Low German sterke (“starch, stiffness, strength”), from Old Saxon *sterkī, from Proto-West Germanic *starkī. Cognate with English starch, German Stärke (“starch”), dialectal Dutch sterk (“starch”). Compare also Swedish stärkelse (“starch”).

Noun

sterkja f (genitive singular sterkju, no plural)

1. starch

Declension

Declension of sterkja (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sterkja	sterkjan
accusative	sterkju	sterkjuna
dative	sterkju	sterkjunni
genitive	sterkju	sterkjunnar