Alk

• IPA^(key): /alk/

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• Rhymes: -alk

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

Alk m (mixed or strong or weak, genitive Alks or Alkes or Alken, plural Alken or Alke)

1. auk, any bird of the family Alcidae

   Synonym: (chiefly when collective for different species) Alkenvogel

• The word appears to be used predominantly with mixed declension, that is genitive in -(e)s and plural in -en. Pure strong declension (plural in -e) and weak declension are also found.

Clipping of Alkohol.

Alk m (strong, genitive Alks, no plural)

2. (colloquial) alcohol (especially in the sense of “alcoholic drink”)
   • 2010, “Alkohol”, in Undercover, performed by Sa4:

     Ich hab' auf Alk so viel Fehler gemacht / Denn nach jedem Glas denk' ich weniger nach / Doch ich steh' an der Tanke, geb' mir die Kante

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• Alki