ekorn

From Danish egern, from Old Norse íkorni, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.

• IPA^(key): /ɛkuɳ/
• Rhymes: -uɳ

ekorn n or m (definite singular ekornet or ekornen, indefinite plural ekorn or ekorner, definite plural ekorna or ekornene)

1. a squirrel (rodent)

   Jeg så et ekorn springe opp i et tre nå nettopp.

   I saw a squirrel run up into a tree just now.

• “ekorn” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “ekorn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• ikorn

From Old Norse íkorni, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkːʊrn/

ekorn n (definite singular ekornet, indefinite plural ekorn, definite plural ekorna)

1. a squirrel, a rodent of the subfamily Sciurinae
   • 1879, Arne Garborg, "Seld til den Vonde":

     Brune Ekorn skvatt att og fram, ein Trepikkar sat og bankad i ein Furulegg.

     Brown squirrels skipped back and forth, a woodpecker sat pecking at the trunk of a pine.

2. a red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris

• “ekorn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.