skrik

English

Etymology

Perhaps from an Afrikaans derivative of Dutch schrik ("shock, terror").

Noun

skrik (plural skriks)

1. (South Africa) A shock; a fright.
   • 2005, Morag Vlaming, Gogo's Magic, page 89:

     I was brought up on a farm in the Free Sate a long time ago. Jong, when I first came to Johannesburg I got such a skrik.

Anagrams

• Kirks, kirks

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Deverbal from skrike (“to scream”).

Noun

skrik n (definite singular skriket, indefinite plural skrik, definite plural skrika or skrikene)

1. cry; scream, shriek
2. an item, usually a piece of fashion, when used in the idiomatic phrase "siste skrik" (latest fashion)

Derived terms

• angstskrik
• dødsskrik
• siste skrik

Related terms

• skrike

Verb

skrik

1. imperative of skrike

References

• “skrik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skriːk/

Noun

skrik n (definite singular skriket, indefinite plural skrik, definite plural skrika)

1. cry; scream, shriek
2. an item, usually a piece of fashion, when used in the idiomatic phrase "siste skrik" (latest fashion)

Verb

skrik

1. present tense of skrika
2. imperative of skrika
3. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway) infinitive of skrika (apocope)

Derived terms

• angstskrik
• dødsskrik
• siste skrik

References

• “skrik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from skrika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skriːk/

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• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

skrik n

1. a scream
2. screaming

   Synonym: skrikande

Declension

Declension of skrik
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skrik	skriket	skrik	skriken
Genitive	skriks	skrikets	skriks	skrikens

Related terms

• skrika
• skrikig

See also

• sista skriket

Verb

skrik

1. imperative of skrika

Further reading

• skrik in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrɪk/

Noun

skrik c (no plural)

1. startle, fright

Further reading

• “skrik”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011