skrock
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *skrakwą.
Noun
editskrock n
- superstition
- Synonym: vidskepelse
- Det där är bara skrock!
- That's just superstitious nonsense!
Usage notes
editSimilar tone to the example (or something like English woo), whereas vidskepelse matches the tone of plain superstition.
Declension
edit| Declension of skrock | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skrock | skrocket | skrock | skrocken |
| Genitive | skrocks | skrockets | skrocks | skrockens |
References
edit- skrock in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skrock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skrock in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skrock in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)