danskr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daniskaz, equivalent to danr (“Dane”) +‎ -iskr (“-ish, -ic”).

Adjective

danskr

1. Danish
2. Scandinavian, North Germanic

   mæla á danska tungu

   speak Scandinavian language (Old Norse)

Declension

    Strong declension of danskr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	danskr	dǫnsk	danskt
accusative	danskan	danska	danskt
dative	dǫnskum	danskri	dǫnsku
genitive	dansks	danskrar	dansks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	danskir	danskar	dǫnsk
accusative	danska	danskar	dǫnsk
dative	dǫnskum	dǫnskum	dǫnskum
genitive	danskra	danskra	danskra

    Weak declension of danskr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	danski	danska	danska
accusative	danska	dǫnsku	danska
dative	danska	dǫnsku	danska
genitive	danska	dǫnsku	danska
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dǫnsku	dǫnsku	dǫnsku
accusative	dǫnsku	dǫnsku	dǫnsku
dative	dǫnskum	dǫnskum	dǫnskum
genitive	dǫnsku	dǫnsku	dǫnsku

Derived terms

• danska f (“Danish language”)
• dǫnsk tunga f (“Scandinavian, North Germanic language”)

Related terms

• danir m pl (“the Danes”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: danskur
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: dansk

  Norwegian Nynorsk: dansk

• Old Swedish: dansker
  • Swedish: dansk
• Danish: dansk

References

• “danskr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press