"flink" meaning in Danish

See flink in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /flenk/, [fleŋˀɡ̊]
Etymology: From Middle Low German flink (“bright, shining, quick”). Perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter, beat repeatedly”). Cognate to Plautdietsch flinkj (“quick”). Etymology templates: {{der|da|gml|flink||bright, shining, quick}} Middle Low German flink (“bright, shining, quick”), {{der|da|gem-pro|*flakurōną|t=to flutter, beat repeatedly}} Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter, beat repeatedly”), {{cog|pdt|flinkj||quick}} Plautdietsch flinkj (“quick”) Head templates: {{head|da|adjective|||||plural and definite singular attributive|flinke||||{{{3}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{4}}}||{{{sup2}}}||{{{5}}}|||f1accel-form=n|s|f3accel-form=e-form|f5accel-form=comd|f7accel-form=pred|supd|f9accel-form=attr|supd|head=|head2=|sort=}} flink (plural and definite singular attributive flinke), {{da-adj||e}} flink (plural and definite singular attributive flinke) Inflection templates: {{da-infl-adj||est}} Forms: flinke [attributive, definite, singular], flinke [attributive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], flink [error-unrecognized-form, positive], flinkere [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], flinkest [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], flinkt [error-unrecognized-form, positive], flinke [plural, positive], flinkere [comparative, plural], flinkest [plural, superlative], flinke [error-unrecognized-form, positive], flinkeste [error-unrecognized-form, superlative]

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "[fleŋˀɡ̊]"
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    },
    {
      "sense": "good",
      "word": "god"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for flink meaning in Danish (3.5kB)

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