laks

From Old Norse lax (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *laks- (“salmon”).

• IPA^(key): /laks/, [lɑɡ̊s]

laks c (singular definite laksen, plural indefinite laks)

1. salmon

From earlier lax, probably borrowed from Latin laxus.

• IPA^(key): /lɑks/

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• Rhymes: -ɑks

laks (comparative lakser, superlative meest laks or lakst)

1. lax (lacking care, negligent)
2. lax (not strict)

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “laks”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

From Old Norse lax (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *laks- (“salmon”).

laks m

1. salmon

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laks

1. indefinite genitive singular of lak

From Old Norse lax (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *laks- (“salmon”).

• IPA^(key): /lɑks/
• Rhymes: -ɑks

laks m (definite singular laksen, indefinite plural lakser, definite plural laksene)

1. salmon

• lakseelv
• røkelaks

• “laks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse lax (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *laks- (“salmon”).

laks m (definite singular laksen, indefinite plural laksar, definite plural laksane)

1. salmon

• lakseelv

• “laks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

laks

1. positive degree strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of lakr

• lax

From Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate with Tocharian A läks (“fish”), Old East Slavic лосось (lososĭ, “salmon”), Old English leax (“salmon”) and Lithuanian lašiša (“salmon”).

laks

1. fish

From Proto-Finnic *lakso.

laks

1. valley
2. ravine, gorge