pokker

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German pocke (“boil, abscess”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), cognate with English pock, pox, German Pocke. Maybe kopper (“smallpox”) is a euphemistic refashioning of this word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰʌɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

pokker c pl

1. (dialect, archaic) a blemish or rash resulting from smallpox, pockmarks, also similar conditions from syphilis, etc.

Noun

pokker c (singular definite pokkeren, not used in plural form)

1. (archaic) devil
2. (swear word) damn

Declension

Declension of pokker

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	pokker	pokkeren
genitive	pokkers	pokkerens

Synonyms

• dælen
• søren
• fanden

References

• “pokker” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Poker, itself borrowed from English poker.

Noun

pokker (genitive pokkeri, partitive pokkerit)

1. poker (card game)

Declension

Declension of pokker (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pokker	pokkerid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	pokkeri
genitive			pokkerite
partitive		pokkerit	pokkereid
illative		pokkerisse	pokkeritesse pokkereisse
inessive		pokkeris	pokkerites pokkereis
elative		pokkerist	pokkeritest pokkereist
allative		pokkerile	pokkeritele pokkereile
adessive		pokkeril	pokkeritel pokkereil
ablative		pokkerilt	pokkeritelt pokkereilt
translative		pokkeriks	pokkeriteks pokkereiks
terminative		pokkerini	pokkeriteni
essive		pokkerina	pokkeritena
abessive		pokkerita	pokkeriteta
comitative		pokkeriga	pokkeritega

Further reading

• pokker in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Norwegian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔkːər/

Noun

pokker

1. a mild oath or profanity; based on the disease smallpox ("kopper")

   Pokker altså, jeg glemte lommeboka hjemme.

   Ah crap, I forgot my wallet at home.

Inflection

Inflection of pokker

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	pokker	pokken	pokker	pokkene
Nynorsk m	pokker	pokken	pokkar	pokkane

References

• “pokker” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.