skurk

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Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schurk.

Pronunciation

Noun

skurk (plural skurke)

  1. villain, scoundrel
  2. (fiction) villain (an evil character in a work of fiction)

Danish

Etymology

Derived from German Low German Schurk, Schurke. Cognate with Dutch schurk and German Schurke.

Pronunciation

Noun

skurk c (singular definite skurken, plural indefinite skurke)

  1. (also literature) villain, baddie

Inflection

Declension of skurk
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skurk skurken skurke skurkene
genitive skurks skurkens skurkes skurkenes

Synonyms

Swedish

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Noun

skurk c

  1. crook (a criminal (or dishonest, etc., by extension) person)
    Jag är ingen skurk
    I am not a crook
    1. bad guy, rogue, etc. (sometimes a better match for tone)
      Polisen fångade några skurkar idag
      The police caught some bad guys today
      skurkgalleri
      gallery of rogues
  2. bad guy, villain (in a story or the like)

Declension

Declension of skurk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skurk skurks
definite skurken skurkens
plural indefinite skurkar skurkars
definite skurkarna skurkarnas

Derived terms

References

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