stærsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Rebracketing of sterk. Same source as Jamtish stærsk. The e-sound before r sounding like æ is very common for most of Norwegian pronounce variations, but the change e->æ itself is particularly very common for Trøndelag dialect.

The sound r in Trøndelag dialect is changing into sj before s, k, t or p. Due to this change, the sound combination rk can be understood and written as sjk or rsk, and vice versa (see e.g. kjersk). [1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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stærsk (definite singular and plural stærske, comparative stærskar, indefinite superlative stærskast)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) eye dialect spelling of sterk (strong).

References

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  1. ^ A. Dalen, J. R. Hagland, S. Hårstad, H. Rydving, O. Stemshaug (2008) Trøndersk språkhistorie: Språkforhold i ein region