bänk

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • bench, a long sofa without bolster
  • bench; where players of a sport sit when not playing
  • workbench
  • school desk; a very simple table - possibly with a sloping top - for the use of students and school pupils
  • kitchen bench

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish bænker inherited from Old Norse *benkr inherited from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (bench, counter, bulge, hillock).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bankiz

Gloss

bench, counter, bulge, hillock

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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