flesk

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse flesk, from Proto-Germanic *flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛsk/

  Rhymes: -ɛsk

Noun

flesk n (genitive singular flesks, uncountable)

1. pork
2. unsmoked bacon

Declension

n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	flesk	fleskið
accusative	flesk	fleskið
dative	fleski	fleskinum
genitive	flesks	flesksins

Synonyms

• svínakjøt

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse flesk, from Proto-Germanic *flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛsk/

  Rhymes: -ɛsk

Noun

flesk n (genitive singular flesks, no plural)

1. bacon

Declension

Declension of flesk (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	flesk	fleskið
accusative	flesk	fleskið
dative	fleski	fleskinu
genitive	flesks	flesksins

Synonyms

• beikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse flesk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛsk/

Noun

flesk n (definite singular flesket, uncountable)

1. pork, particularly the fatty parts

Derived terms

• flyte på flesket

References

• “flesk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.

Noun

flēsk n

1. meat, flesh

Declension

Declension of flēsk (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	flēsk	flēsk
accusative	flēsk	flēsk
genitive	flēskes	flēskō
dative	flēske	flēskun
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vlêsk, vlêsch, vlês
  • German Low German: (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

    Low Prussian: Sauerländisch (Olpe, Wenden): Fleisch

    Märkisch (Altmärkisch), Westphalian (Bentheimisch): Fleesch

    Märkisch (Altmärkisch), Westphalian (Westmünsterländisch): Fleesk

    Westphalian:

    Bentheimisch (Grafschaf), Sauerländisch (Sündern, Balve, Eslohe, Attendorn, Drolshagen, Kirchhundem): Fläis

    Bentheimisch (Grafschaf), Westmünsterländisch: Flees

    East Westphalian (Ravensberg), Sauerländisch: Fläisk

    East Westphalian: Floisk (Lippe)

    Sauerländisch: Flääsk (Niedersfeld), Flais (Felbecke, Elspe)

  • Plautdietsch: Fleesch