Hjerkinn

== English == === Proper noun === Hjerkinn A town in Dovre municipality, Innlandet, Norway, on the border with the county of Trøndelag; formerly part of the county of Oppland. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === Gierchen (archaic) Jerkind (archaic) === Proper noun === Hjerkinn Hjerkinn (a town in Dovre municipality, Innlandet, Norway, on the border with the county of Trøndelag; formerly part of the county of Oppland) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Gierchen, Jerkind (Danicisations) Hjerdkinn (alternative spelling) === Etymology === From Old Norse *Hjarðkinn, from hjǫrð (“livestock, herd”) +‎ kinn (“mountainside”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɛːrçin/ (local pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃæːrçiɲ/ (Trøndelag) IPA(key): /jæːʃkiɲ/ === Proper noun === Hjerkinn f Hjerkinn (a town in Dovre municipality, Innlandet, Norway, on the border with the county of Trøndelag; formerly part of the county of Oppland) ==== Related terms ==== === References === Jørn Sandnes; Ola Stemshaug (1997), Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN