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skrik

English

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Etymology

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Perhaps from an Afrikaans derivative of Dutch schrik ("shock, terror").

Noun

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skrik (plural skriks)

  1. (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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Deverbal from skrike (“to scream”).

Noun

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skrik n (definite singular skriket, indefinite plural skrik, definite plural skrika or skrikene)

  1. cry; scream, shriek
  2. an item, usually a piece of fashion, when used in the idiomatic phrase "siste skrik" (latest fashion)

Derived terms

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Verb

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skrik

  1. imperative of skrike

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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skrik n (definite singular skriket, indefinite plural skrik, definite plural skrika)

  1. cry; scream, shriek
  2. an item, usually a piece of fashion, when used in the idiomatic phrase "siste skrik" (latest fashion)

Verb

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skrik

  1. present tense of skrika
  2. imperative of skrika
  3. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) infinitive of skrika (apocope)

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Deverbal from skrika.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skriːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

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skrik n

  1. a scream
  2. screaming
    Synonym: skrikande

Declension

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Declension of skrik 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skrik skriket skrik skriken
Genitive skriks skrikets skriks skrikens
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Verb

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skrik

  1. imperative of skrika

Further reading

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skrik c (no plural)

  1. startle, fright

Further reading

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  • “skrik”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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