lakk

From German, compare Lack.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒkː]

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lakk (plural lakkok)

1. varnish (paint)
2. polish (nail)

• lakkos
• lakkoz

(Compound words):

• hajlakk
• körömlakk

• IPA^(key): /lahk/

  Rhymes: -ahk

lakk n (genitive singular lakks, nominative plural lökk)

1. gloss paint, enamel
2. varnish

• lakka
• naglalakk

• kalk
• klak

From French laque or German Lack, from Medieval Latin lacca, ultimately from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

lakk m (definite singular lakken, indefinite plural lakker, definite plural lakkene)

1. lacquer, varnish

• neglelakk

• lakkere

• lekka, lekket

lakk

1. simple past of lekke

• “lakk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “lakk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From French laque or German Lack, from Medieval Latin lacca, ultimately from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

lakk m (definite singular lakken, indefinite plural lakkar, definite plural lakkane)

1. lacquer, varnish

• lakklær

• “lakk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką.

lakk n (definite latje)

1. A lid, cover.

• ommslakk (“oven door”)
• byittlakk (“pail lid”)

Compare English lank.

lakk

1. Slack, drooping, not tense or elastic (e. g. of a rope or bow.)

   Bågan jär lakk

   The bow is soft; easy to tension.

   Stinn opå lakk-lina däna!

   Tighten that slack rope!

2. Wet, thin, loose (e. g. of porridge.)

Compare English lack.

lakk (preterite lakkä)

1. (transitive) To slander, libel, backbite.

lakk (preterite lakkä)

1. (intransitive) To drain, flow dropwise.

From Old Norse lokka.

lakk (preterite lakkä)

1. (transitive) To entice, lure, attract.

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “lakk”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 390