sjuk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk sjuk, from Old Norse sjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz. Doublet of syk.

Adjective

sjuk (neuter singular sjukt, definite singular and plural sjuke, comparative sjukere, indefinite superlative sjukest, definite superlative sjukeste)

1. alternative form of syk

Derived terms

• sjukdom
• sjukelig
• sjukehjem, sjukeheim

References

• “sjuk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz. Akin to English sick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃʉːk/, /sjʉːk/

Adjective

sjuk (neuter sjukt, definite singular and plural sjuke, comparative sjukare, indefinite superlative sjukast, definite superlative sjukaste)

1. ill, diseased

   Eg er vorten sjuk.

   I've become ill.

2. (informal) crazy (unexpected, surprising)

   Synonyms: dødssjuk, sinnssjuk

   Det var heilt sjukt!

   It was completely crazy!

   Det er det sjukaste eg har sett.

   It's the craziest thing I've seen.

3. sick, depraved

   Du er ein sjuk person.

   You are a sick person.

Derived terms

• avundsjuk
• dødssjuk
• fyllesjuk
• sinnssjuk
• sjukdom
• sjukeheim
• sjukehus
• sjukeleg
• sjøsjuk

References

• “sjuk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish siūker, from Old Norse sjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧʉːk/

• Audio; [ɧ𝆑ʷʉːk]:

  (file)

  (dark /ɧ/)

• Audio; [ʂʉːk]:

  (file)

  (light /ɧ/)

• Rhymes: -ʉːk

Adjective

sjuk (comparative sjukare, superlative sjukast)

1. (pathology) sick, ill (having a disease)
2. (colloquial) sick, disturbed, mentally unstable
3. sick (in bad taste)

   ett sjukt skämt

   a sick joke

Declension

Inflection of sjuk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sjuk	sjukare	sjukast
Neuter singular	sjukt	sjukare	sjukast
Plural	sjuka	sjukare	sjukast
Masculine plural3	sjuke	sjukare	sjukast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	sjuke	sjukare	sjukaste
All	sjuka	sjukare	sjukaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• avundsjuk (“jealous; envious”)
• fyllesjuk (“hung over”)
• sjukhus (“hospital; sickhouse”)
• insjukna (“fall ill, get sick”)
• sjukdom (“sickness, disease”)
• vattensjuk (“waterlogged; hydropsy”)

Related terms

• sjuklig

Further reading

• sjuk in Svensk ordbok.