skämt

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See also: skamt

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɧɛmt/
  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish skæmt, from skæmta (to joke), whence also modern Swedish skämta. Cognate with Danish skæmt, Norwegian Bokmål skjemt and Norwegian Nynorsk skjemt.

Noun[edit]

skämt n

  1. a joke
    Synonyms: (as in funny story) vits, (as in funny story) rolig historia
    dra ett skämt
    tell a joke
    Det var bara ett skämt
    It was only a joke
    Han är ett skämt
    He is a joke (in the derogatory sense)
    göra något skämt
    do something as a joke
Declension[edit]
Declension of skämt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skämt skämtet skämt skämten
Genitive skämts skämtets skämts skämtens
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References[edit]

  • skämta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Etymology 2[edit]

From the verb skämma.

Adjective[edit]

skämt

  1. indefinite neuter singular of skämd

Verb[edit]

skämt

  1. supine of skämma

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