skurk
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skurk (plural skurke)
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From German Low German Schurk, Schurke. Cognate with Dutch schurk and German Schurke.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skurk c (singular definite skurken, plural indefinite skurke)
- (also literature) villain, baddie
Inflection edit
Declension of skurk
Synonyms edit
- slyngel c
Swedish edit
Noun edit
skurk c
- a crook (criminal (or dishonest, etc., by extension) person)
- Jag är ingen skurk
- I am not a crook
- a bad guy, a villain (in a story or the like)
Declension edit
Declension of skurk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skurk | skurken | skurkar | skurkarna |
Genitive | skurks | skurkens | skurkars | skurkarnas |
Derived terms edit
- skurkaktig
- skurkstat
- superskurk (“supervillain”)