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hákarl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hakarl
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Icelandic food, cured fermented shark with a strong ammonia smell.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Norse hár Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ) Old Norse karl Old Norse hákarl Icelandic hákarlbor. English hákarl Borrowed from Icelandic hákarl (“shark”).

Usage

Questions

What does hákarl mean?
An Icelandic food, cured fermented shark with a strong ammonia smell.
Where does hákarl come from?
Etymology tree Old Norse hár Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ) Old Norse karl Old Norse hákarl Icelandic hákarlbor. English hákarl Borrowed from Icelandic hákarl (“shark”).

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