krókur

From Old Norse krókr, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɾɔuːkʊɹ/

  Rhymes: -ɔuːkʊɹ

krókur m (genitive singular króks, plural krókar)

1. hook
2. corner, nook
3. (linguistics) ogonek

From Old Norse krókr, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰrouːkʏr/

  Rhymes: -ouːkʏr

krókur m (genitive singular króks, nominative plural krókar)

1. hook
2. detour, indirection
3. corner, nook
4. (music) crook, bocal (of instruments in the oboe family such as the oboe d'amore, cor anglais, heckelphone, and baritone oboe)

• betri er krókur en kelda