# sterk
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch sterk.

### Adjective

sterk (attributive sterk or (seldom) sterke, comparative sterker, superlative sterkste)
* strong
    Antonym: swak

#### Derived terms

* sterkte
* versterk

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɛrk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: sterk
* Rhymes: -ɛrk

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch starc, sterc, from Old Dutch stark, from Proto-West Germanic *stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkaz.

#### Adjective

sterk (comparative sterker, superlative sterkst)
* strong, having physical strength
* concentrated, strong, powerful in taste
* implausible, improbable
* (Germanic grammar) strong, pertaining to strong verbs
* (Germanic grammar) strong, pertaining to strong nouns, strong declension

##### Derived terms

* beresterk
* oersterk
* sterken
* sterker nog
* sterkte

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: stark, sterk
** → Virgin Islands Creole: sterek (dated)
* → Indonesian: ster (“queen (chess)”)
* → Papiamentu: stèrki

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sterk m (uncountable)
* Ellipsis of sterkedrank.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

sterk
* inflection of sterken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* kerst, strek

## Icelandic
### Adjective

sterk
* inflection of sterkur:
** feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
** neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
** neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse sterkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-.

### Adjective

sterk (neuter singular sterkt, definite singular and plural sterke, comparative sterkere, indefinite superlative sterkest, definite superlative sterkeste)
* strong

#### Derived terms

* en kjede er aldri sterkere enn sitt svakeste ledd
* slitesterk

### References

* “sterk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* stærsk (Trøndelag dialect, eye dialect spelling)

### Etymology

From Old Norse starkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-. Cognate with English stark.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɛrk/

### Adjective

sterk (neuter sterkt, definite singular and plural sterke, comparative sterkare, indefinite superlative sterkast, definite superlative sterkaste)
* strong, powerful
    Bjørnen er veldig sterk.The bear is very strong.
* emotional
    Eg møtte mora mi for første gong på 20 år. Det var veldig sterkt.I met my mother for the first time in 20 years. It was very emotional.

#### Derived terms

* slitesterk

### References

* “sterk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* stark, steric

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stark. Cognates include Old English stearc and Old Saxon stark.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsterk/, [ˈstærk]

### Adjective

sterk
* strong

#### Descendants

* Saterland Frisian: stäärk
* West Frisian: sterk, sturk

#### References

* ↑ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* sterc, sterac

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

sterk m
* guineapig

#### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014