quisling

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Norwegian 3.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Named from Major Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian army officer and politician who collaborated with the occupying Germans during World War Two and was subsequently executed for treason. The name is a latinization of a Danish place called Kvislemark.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkwɪzlɪŋ/

[edit] Noun

quisling (plural quislings)

1. A traitor who collaborates with the enemy, especially during the Second World War.
   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun,

     The man she cherishes, the man she butterfly-kisses, the man she sleeps curved around like two spoons in a drawer. It is he who is evil, he who is sworn to destroy her, an emotional quisling of the first water.

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

quisling

1. quisling

[edit] Declension

Declension of quisling (type risti) singular plural nominative quisling quislingit genitive quislingin quislingien partitive quislingiä quislingejä accusative quisling quislingin quislingit inessive quislingissä quislingeissä elative quislingistä quislingeistä illative quislingiin quislingeihin adessive quislingillä quislingeillä ablative quislingiltä quislingeiltä allative quislingille quislingeille essive quislinginä quislingeinä translative quislingiksi quislingeiksi instructive – quislingein abessive quislingittä quislingeittä comitative – quislingeineen

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

quisling

1. quisling