stjälk

Swedish

en stjälk [labeled "stem" in English]

en (blom)stjälk [a (flower) stalk]

Etymology

From Old Swedish stiælker, stiælke, from Proto-Indo-European *stel-. Cognate with English stalk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ɧɛlk/, [¹ɧɛl̪ːk]
• Rhymes: -ɛlk

Noun

stjälk c

1. a stem, a stalk (stem of a herbaceous (non-woody) plant)

Usage notes

See the usage notes for stam.

Declension

Declension of stjälk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stjälk	stjälks
	definite	stjälken	stjälkens
plural	indefinite	stjälkar	stjälkars
	definite	stjälkarna	stjälkarnas

Derived terms

• blomstjälk (“flower stalk”)

See also

• stam

References

• stjälk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stjälk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stjälk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• stjälk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)