avkrok

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

av (“off, of”) +‎ krok (“hook”)

Noun

avkrok m (definite singular avkroken, indefinite plural avkroker, definite plural avkrokene)

  1. a remote place; a backwater
    Han er fra noe avkrok by.
    He’s from some backwater town.

References

Swedish

Etymology

av (“off”) +‎ krok (“hook (in the sense of a bend)”)

Noun

avkrok c

  1. a remote place; a backwater

Declension

Declension of avkrok
nominative genitive
singular indefinite avkrok avkroks
definite avkroken avkrokens
plural indefinite avkrokar avkrokars
definite avkrokarna avkrokarnas

References

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