fisker

See also: Fisker

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz. Cognate with Swedish fiskare, Norwegian fisker.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /feskər/, [ˈfesɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

fisker c (singular definite fiskeren, plural indefinite fiskere)

  1. fisherman, angler
Inflection
Declension of fisker
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fisker fiskeren fiskere fiskerne
genitive fiskers fiskerens fiskeres fiskernes

Etymology 2

See fiske (“to fish”).

Verb

fisker

  1. present of fiske

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fisker m

  1. indefinite plural of fisk

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fiskari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), from both *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“fish”), possibly from *peh₂- (“to feed, to guard, to nourish”) + and from *-ārijaz (“-er”).

Cognate with Swedish fiskare, Danish fisker.

Noun

fisker m (definite singular fiskeren, indefinite plural fiskere, definite plural fiskerne)

  1. a fisherman (both as an occupation and for leisure)

Verb

fisker

  1. present of fiske

Old Swedish

Alternative forms
  • ᚠᛁᛋᚴᚽᚱ

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ- (“fish”).

Noun

fisker m

  1. fish

Declension
  Declension of fisker (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fisker fiskrin fiskar fiskanir, fiskaner
accusative fisk fiskin fiska fiskana
dative fiski, fiske fiskinum, fiskenom fiskum, fiskom fiskumin, fiskomen
genitive fisks fisksins fiska fiskanna

Descendants
  • Swedish: fisk
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