skrik
English edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from an Afrikaans derivative of Dutch schrik ("shock, terror").
Noun edit
skrik (plural skriks)
- (South Africa) A shock; a fright.
- 2005, Morag Vlaming, Gogo's Magic, page 89:
- I was brought up on a farm in the Free Sate a long time ago. Jong, when I first came to Johannesburg I got such a skrik.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Deverbal from skrike (“to scream”).
Noun edit
skrik n (definite singular skriket, indefinite plural skrik, definite plural skrika or skrikene)
- cry; scream, shriek
- an item, usually a piece of fashion, when used in the idiomatic phrase "siste skrik" (latest fashion)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Verb edit
skrik
- imperative of skrike
References edit
- “skrik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skrik n (definite singular skriket, indefinite plural skrik, definite plural skrika)
- cry; scream, shriek
- an item, usually a piece of fashion, when used in the idiomatic phrase "siste skrik" (latest fashion)
Verb edit
skrik
- present tense of skrika
- imperative of skrika
- (dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) infinitive of skrika (apocope)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “skrik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skrik n
Declension edit
| Declension of skrik | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skrik | skriket | skrik | skriken |
| Genitive | skriks | skrikets | skriks | skrikens |
Related terms edit
See also edit
Verb edit
skrik
- imperative of skrika
Further reading edit
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skrik c (no plural)
Further reading edit
- “skrik”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011