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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gaukur m (genitive singular gauks, nominative plural gaukar)
- cuckoo, especially common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Declension[edit]
declension of gaukur
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gauk (“cuckoo”) + ur (“clock”).
Noun[edit]
gaukur n (definite singular gaukuret, indefinite plural gaukur, definite plural gaukura)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “gaukur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/øyːkʏr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/øyːkʏr/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Cuckoos
- Norwegian Nynorsk compound terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns