Alk
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alk/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -alk
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Swedish alka (used scientifically by Carl von Linné), from Old Norse alka, from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ.
Noun
Alk m (mixed or strong or weak, genitive Alks or Alkes or Alken, plural Alken or Alke)
- auk, any bird of the family Alcidae
- Synonym: (chiefly when collective for different species) Alkenvogel
Usage notes
- The word appears to be used predominantly with mixed declension, that is genitive in -(e)s and plural in -en. Pure strong declension (plural in -e) and weak declension are also found.
Declension
Declension of Alk [masculine, mixed // strong // weak]
Derived terms
- Aleutenalk
- Bartalk
- Craverialk
- Japanalk
- Kurzschnabelalk
- Lummenalk
- Marmelalk
- Nashornalk
- Riesenalk
- Rotschnabelalk
- Schopfalk
- Silberalk
- Tordalk
- Zwergalk
Etymology 2
Clipping of Alkohol.
Noun
Alk m (strong, genitive Alks, no plural)
- (colloquial) alcohol (especially in the sense of “alcoholic drink”)
- 2010, “Alkohol”, in Undercover, performed by Sa4:
- Ich hab' auf Alk so viel Fehler gemacht / Denn nach jedem Glas denk' ich weniger nach / Doch ich steh' an der Tanke, geb' mir die Kante
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Alk [sg-only, masculine, strong]