kvisling

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²kvɪsliŋ/, /²kvɪʃliŋ/

Etymology 1

From kvisla (“to whisper; rattle”), from Old Norse hvísla.

Noun

kvisling f (definite singular kvislinga, indefinite plural kvislingar, definite plural kvislingane)

  1. a light sound; a whiz in air or water

Etymology 2

Norwegianisation of quisling, coined in 1940; from the surname Quisling, referring to Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during the Second World War. The surname derives from the Latinisation Quislinus of the Danish village name Kvislemark, later reinterpreted as Kvisle(mark) + -ing. More at the English entry.

Alternative forms

Noun

kvisling m (definite singular kvislingen, indefinite plural kvislingar, definite plural kvislingane)

  2. a quisling (traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)
  • kvisl (“cleft; fork”)

References

  • “kvisling”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Norwegian quisling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʋǐslinɡ/
  • Hyphenation: kvis‧ling

Noun

kvìsling m (Cyrillic spelling квѝслинг)

  1. quisling

Declension

Declension of kvisling
singular plural
nominative kvisling kvislinzi
genitive kvislinga kvislinga
dative kvislingu kvislinzima
accusative kvislinga kvislinge
vocative kvislinže kvislinzi
locative kvislingu kvislinzima
instrumental kvislingom kvislinzima

Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from Norwegian quisling.

Pronunciation

Noun

kvisling m pers

  1. quisling

Declension

Declension of kvisling (pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativekvislingkvislingovia
genitivekvislingakvislingov
dativekvislingovikvislingom
accusativekvislingakvislingov
locativekvislingovikvislingoch
instrumentalkvislingomkvislingmi

Further reading

  • “kvisling”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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