Danish

Noun

elsker c (singular definite elskeren, plural indefinite elskere)

1. lover

Inflection

Derived terms

• elskerinde

External links

• elsker on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See elske ‎(“to love”).

Verb

elsker

1. present tense of elske

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse elskari

Noun

elsker m ‎(definite singular elskeren, indefinite plural elskere, definite plural elskerne)

1. a lover (of something; applies to both sexes)
2. a lover (man having a sexual relationship with a woman)

   Lady Chatterleys elsker - Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)

3. lover (man in a marital relationship)

   en god / dårlig elsker - a good / bad lover

Related terms

• elskerinne

Derived terms

• bokelsker

Etymology 2

Verb

elsker

1. present tense of elske

References

• “elsker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.