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dolk

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɔlk/, [d̥ʌlɡ̊]

Etymology 1

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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

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dolk c (singular definite dolken, plural indefinite dolke)

  1. dagger (a stabbing weapon)
Declension
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Declension of dolk
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dolk dolken dolke dolkene
genitive dolks dolkens dolkes dolkenes

Etymology 2

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See dolke (“to stab with a dagger”).

Verb

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dolk

  1. imperative of dolke

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Dolch.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɔlk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dolk
  • Rhymes: -ɔlk

Noun

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dolk m (plural dolken, diminutive dolkje n)

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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: dolk

Verb

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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

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Etymology 1

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From German Dolch.

Noun

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

  1. dagger (small knife used as a weapon)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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dolk

  1. imperative of dolke

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From German Dolch.

Noun

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

  1. dagger (as above)

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Swedish

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en dolk

Etymology

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

Noun

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dolk c

  1. a dagger (short stabbing weapon)
    en dolk i ryggen
    a dagger in the back [usually figuratively – see also dolkstöt]

Declension

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

Derived terms

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