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

Declension of flesk (singular only)
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

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