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Alk.

auk, any bird of the family Alcidae

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/alk/
  1. auk, any bird of the family Alcidae

    masculine · mixed · strong · weak
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish alka (used scientifically by Carl von Linné), from Old Norse alka, from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ.

noun/alk/
  1. alcohol (especially in the sense of “alcoholic drink”)

    colloquial · masculine · no-plural · strong
Where this word comes from

Clipping of Alkohol.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.