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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

elg.

elk (moose - Alces alces)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/æɽj//ɛlɡ/[æɽj]Fredrikstad
  1. elk (moose - Alces alces)

    masculine
    En død elg ble sannsynligvis drept av ulv torsdag! (sentence error in an article by Aftenposten)
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse elgr, from Proto-Germanic *elh-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“red, brown”).

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