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sokn.

A tool used for searching the bottom of a body of water for something or someone that has sunk.

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɔkn/[ˈsɔkː(ə)n]
  1. A tool used for searching the bottom of a body of water for something or someone that has sunk.

  2. parish; an ecclesiastical district with its own church

  3. parish; an ecclesiastical district with its own church The people belonging to the parish or church; a congregation

    collective
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse sókn (“search, attack; parish”), from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“search, inquiry”); related to søke (“to seek, search”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sokn, Icelandic sókn, Faroese sókn, Swedish socken and Danish sogn (“parish”). Doublet of sogn (“parish”).

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