sterkr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• starkr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *starkuz, whence also Old English stearc, Old High German stark.

Adjective

sterkr

1. strong

Declension

Strong declension of sterkr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sterkr	sterk	sterkt
accusative	sterkan	sterka	sterkt
dative	sterkum	sterkri	sterku
genitive	sterks	sterkrar	sterks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sterkir	sterkar	sterk
accusative	sterka	sterkar	sterk
dative	sterkum	sterkum	sterkum
genitive	sterkra	sterkra	sterkra

Weak declension of sterkr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sterki	sterka	sterka
accusative	sterka	sterku	sterka
dative	sterka	sterku	sterka
genitive	sterka	sterku	sterka
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sterku	sterku	sterku
accusative	sterku	sterku	sterku
dative	sterkum	sterkum	sterkum
genitive	sterku	sterku	sterku

Declension of comparative of sterkr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sterkari	sterkari	sterkara
accusative	sterkara	sterkari	sterkara
dative	sterkara	sterkari	sterkara
genitive	sterkara	sterkari	sterkara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sterkari	sterkari	sterkari
accusative	sterkari	sterkari	sterkari
dative	sterkurum	sterkurum	sterkurum
genitive	sterkari	sterkari	sterkari

Strong declension of superlative of sterkr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sterkastr	sterkust	sterkast
accusative	sterkastan	sterkasta	sterkast
dative	sterkustum	sterkastri	sterkustu
genitive	sterkasts	sterkastrar	sterkasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sterkastir	sterkastar	sterkust
accusative	sterkasta	sterkastar	sterkust
dative	sterkustum	sterkustum	sterkustum
genitive	sterkastra	sterkastra	sterkastra

Weak declension of superlative of sterkr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sterkasti	sterkasta	sterkasta
accusative	sterkasta	sterkustu	sterkasta
dative	sterkasta	sterkustu	sterkasta
genitive	sterkasta	sterkustu	sterkasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sterkustu	sterkustu	sterkustu
accusative	sterkustu	sterkustu	sterkustu
dative	sterkustum	sterkustum	sterkustum
genitive	sterkustu	sterkustu	sterkustu

Descendants

• Icelandic: sterkur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sterk
• Norwegian Bokmål: sterk
• Swedish: stark
• Danish: stærk

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “sterkr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive