berserk

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English

Alternative forms

• beserk
• berzerk
• beresque - humorous misspelling now accepted (Australian)

Etymology

Old Norse berserkr (Icelandic berserkur), probably from bjǫrn (“bear”) + serkr (“coat”), compare sark.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bəˈzɜː(ɹ)k/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Noun

berserk (plural berserks)

1. A crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy.

Translations

a crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狂戰士 (cmn), 狂战士 (cmn) (kuángzhànshì), 巴薩卡 (cmn), 巴萨卡 (cmn) (bāsàkǎ)

• Danish: bersærk (da) c
• Dutch: berserker (nl) m
• Faroese: berserkur (fo) m
• Finnish: berserkki (fi)

• German: Berserker (de) m
• Japanese: ベルセルク (ja) (beruseruku), バーサーカー (ja) (bāsākā)
• Norwegian: berserk (no)
• Russian: берсеркер (ru) (bersérker) m, берсерк (ru) (bersérk) m, березарк (ru) (berezárk) m
• Swedish: bärsärk (sv) c

Adjective

berserk (comparative more berserk, superlative most berserk)

1. Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control.
   • After he watched his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a beast or a wild animal.

Derived terms

• berserker

Translations

injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狂暴 (cmn) (kuángbào)

• Dutch: doorgedraaid, (slang) geflipt
• Finnish: hullu (fi), sekopäinen (fi)
• French: fou furieux (fr) m
• German: durchgedreht (de), ausgeflippt (de), wütend (de), rasend (de)

• Italian: furioso (it)
• Japanese: 凶暴な (ja) (きょうぼうな, kyōbō na)
• Portuguese: fora de controle (pt)
• Russian: неистовый (ru) (neístovyj), исступлённый (ru) (isstupljónnyj), яростный (ru) (járostnyj), бешеный (ru) (béšenyj)
• Spanish: fuera de control (es)

See also

• Úlfhéðinn