bjørk

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵs. Cognates include Danish birk, Swedish björk, German Birke, Dutch berk, English birch, and Lithuanian beržas.

• IPA^(key): [pjœɹ̥k]
• Rhymes: -œɹ̥k

bjørk f (genitive singular bjarkar, plural bjarkir)

1. birch

• Bjørk (female given name)
• ask
• ahorn
• eik
• øsp
• eikitræ
• bókartræ
• álmtræ
• roynitræ
• hyllitræ
• frukttræ

• bjerk

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵs. Cognates include Danish birk, Swedish björk, German Birke, Dutch berk, English birch, and Lithuanian beržas.

• IPA^(key): /bjøɾk/

bjørk f or m (definite singular bjørka or bjørken, indefinite plural bjørker, definite plural bjørkene)

1. a birch (tree)
2. birch (wood from the birch tree)

• “bjørk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵs. Akin to English birch.

• IPA^(key): /bjœrk/

bjørk f (definite singular bjørka, indefinite plural bjørker, definite plural bjørkene)

1. a birch tree (a tree of the genus Betula)
2. birch (wood from the birch tree)

• “bjørk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.