bjälke

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bjalki, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ-.

Noun

bjälke c

1. a wooden beam
2. (heraldry) a fess (horizontal band)

Declension

Declension of bjälke

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bjälke	bjälkes
	definite	bjälken	bjälkens
plural	indefinite	bjälkar	bjälkars
	definite	bjälkarna	bjälkarnas

Synonyms

• balk

References

• bjälke in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bjälke in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)