quisling
English edit
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Etymology edit
Named after Norwegian military officer Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two. From Quislinus, Latinization of Quislin, based on the Danish place name Kvislemark.
The name is seemingly supposed to mean "one who is from Kvislemark", and is equivalent to Kvisle(mark) + -ing (suffix designating a person of a certain origin or with certain qualities). However, the earlier form of the name, Quislinus/Quislin, appears to have been a fanciful coinage based upon Kvisle(mark) + Latin -inus (“suffix indicating a relationship of position, possession, or origin”), and only later on came to be reinterpreted as containing Norwegian -ing (“suffix designating a person of a certain origin or with certain qualities”). Kvislemark is composed of Danish kvissel (“cleft branch”) + mark (compare Danmark). kvissel itself is a derivative of Old Norse kvísl (“fork [as in a 'fork in the road']”), which ultimately comes (by dissimilation) from Proto-Germanic *twīsilō. Cognates include Old English twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river or road”) and Old High German zwisila (“forked implement, twig, branch”).
Ultimately related to English twistle, twissel, and twizzle.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quisling (plural quislings)
- (derogatory) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. [from 1940]
- Synonyms: collaborator, traitor, rat
- 1940, Walter Tschuppik, The Quislings: Hitler's Trojan Horses, Hutchinson, page 7:
- In many countries, including some where the Jews were neither numerically strong nor in possession of important posts, these envoys of the German Secret Service have been able, solely by the use of anti-Jewish slogans, to create those "national" Fascist movements from which Quislings are bred.
- 1944, Ralph D. Casey, EM 2: What Is Propaganda?[1], War Department:
- If, in the nation about to be attacked, influential persons were discovered who could be bribed or corrupted, German agents made use of these quislings.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- The man she cherishes, the man she butterfly-kisses, the man she sleeps curved around like two spoons in a drawer. It is he who is evil, he who is sworn to destroy her, an emotional quisling of the first water.
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Verb edit
quisling
- present participle and gerund of quisle
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Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
After Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.
Noun edit
quisling c (singular definite quislingen, plural indefinite quislinge or quislinger)
- a quisling (traitor who collaborates with the enemy. Especially one who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)
References edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
After Vidkun Quisling.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quisling m (plural quislingen, diminutive quislingetje n)
- quisling
- Synonym: landverrader
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quisling
Declension edit
Inflection of quisling (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | quisling | quislingit | ||
genitive | quislingin | quislingien | ||
partitive | quislingia | quislingeja | ||
illative | quislingiin | quislingeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | quisling | quislingit | ||
accusative | nom. | quisling | quislingit | |
gen. | quislingin | |||
genitive | quislingin | quislingien | ||
partitive | quislingia | quislingeja | ||
inessive | quislingissa | quislingeissa | ||
elative | quislingista | quislingeista | ||
illative | quislingiin | quislingeihin | ||
adessive | quislingilla | quislingeilla | ||
ablative | quislingilta | quislingeilta | ||
allative | quislingille | quislingeille | ||
essive | quislingina | quislingeina | ||
translative | quislingiksi | quislingeiksi | ||
abessive | quislingitta | quislingeitta | ||
instructive | — | quislingein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “quisling”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.
Noun edit
quisling m (definite singular quislingen, indefinite plural quislinger, definite plural quislingene)
- a quisling (traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)
References edit
- “quisling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.
Noun edit
quisling m (definite singular quislingen, indefinite plural quislingar, definite plural quislingane)
- alternative spelling of kvisling (“a quisling, traitor”)
References edit
- “quisling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English quisling.
Noun edit
quisling m (plural quislings)
- (derogatory) quisling (traitor who collaborates with the enemy)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål Quisling.
Noun edit
quisling m (plural quislingi)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) quisling | quislingul | (niște) quislingi | quislingii |
genitive/dative | (unui) quisling | quislingului | (unor) quislingi | quislingilor |
vocative | quislingule | quislingilor |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
After Vidkun Quisling.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quisling c
- (derogatory) a quisling
- Synonyms: landsförrädare, kollaboratör
Declension edit
Declension of quisling | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | quisling | quislingen | quislingar | quislingarna |
Genitive | quislings | quislingens | quislingars | quislingarnas |