styrke

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English

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Noun

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styrke (plural styrkes)

  1. Alternative form of stirk
    • 1499, the will of Matilda Malham of Skipton-in-Craven
      To Roger Martendale and his wiff a cow. To William Martendale, his son, a styrke.

Danish

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Noun

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styrke c (singular definite styrken, plural indefinite styrker)

  1. strength
  2. (of eyewear) optical strength; the quality of being prescription
    solbriller med styrke
    prescription sunglasses (lit. "sunglasses with strength")

Declension

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Verb

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styrke (imperative styrk, infinitive at styrke, present tense styrker, past tense styrkede, perfect tense styrket)

  1. strengthen, invigorate
    styrkende mad, styrket af X
    strength-giving food, strengthened by X

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse styrkr.

Noun

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styrke m (definite singular styrken, indefinite plural styrker, definite plural styrkene)

  1. strength
  2. force (e.g. a military force)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse styrkja.

Verb

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styrke (imperative styrk, present tense styrker, passive styrkes, simple past styrka or styrket or styrkte, past participle styrka or styrket or styrkt, present participle styrkende)

  1. to strengthen

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Same word as styrk, from Old Norse styrkr.

Noun

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styrke m (definite singular styrken, indefinite plural styrkar, definite plural styrkane)

  1. strength
  2. force; team

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Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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styrke (present tense styrker, past tense styrkte, past participle styrkt, passive infinitive styrkast, present participle styrkande, imperative styrk)

  1. Alternative form of styrkja

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