falk

See also: Falk

English

Alternative forms

• falc
• faik

Noun

falk (plural falks)

1. (UK, archaic, dialect) The razorbill.

References

• “falk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• KLFA, flak

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse falki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falk/, [falˀɡ̊]

Noun

falk c (singular definite falken, plural indefinite falke)

1. falcon (bird of the genus Falco)

Inflection

Declension of falk

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	falk	falken	falke	falkene
genitive	falks	falkens	falkes	falkenes

Derived terms

• falkeblik
• falkejagt
• tårnfalk
• vandrefalk

Further reading

• falk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German valk, via Old Norse falkr; compare with German Falke.

Noun

falk m (definite singular falken, indefinite plural falker, definite plural falkene)

1. a falcon (bird of the genus Falco)

Derived terms

• jaktfalk
• falkefangst
• rypefalk
• vandrefalk

References

• “falk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German valk, via Old Norse falkr; compare with German Falke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑlk/

Noun

falk m (definite singular falken, indefinite plural falkar, definite plural falkane)

1. a falcon, all birds in the genus Falco, most birds in the family Falconidae

Derived terms

• falkefangar (“falcon catcher”)
• falkefangst (“falcon catching”)
• falkejakt (“falconry”)
• Falkenuten
• Falkfangar- (part of several place names)
• jaktfalk
• rypefalk
• vandrefalk

References

• “falk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

falk

Etymology

From Old Norse falki. Compare German Falke, English falcon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falk/

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Noun

falk c

1. falcon (bird of the genus Falco)

Declension

Declension of falk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	falk	falks
	definite	falken	falkens
plural	indefinite	falkar	falkars
	definite	falkarna	falkarnas

Derived terms

• aftonfalk
• amurfalk
• eleonorafalk
• falkjakt
• jaktfalk
• pilgrimsfalk
• rödfalk
• stenfalk
• tatarfalk
• tornfalk

References

• “falk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “falk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “falk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• flak