kysk

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German kūsch, from Proto-West Germanic *kūski, cognate with German keusch, Dutch kuis, Old English cūsċ. Borrowed from Latin cōnscius (“conscious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kysk/, [ˈkʰysɡ̊]

Adjective

kysk (plural and definite singular attributive kyske)

1. chaste

Inflection

Inflection of kysk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	kysk	kyskere	kyskest2
indefinite neuter singular	kysk	kyskere	kyskest2
plural	kyske	kyskere	kyskest2
definite attributive1	kyske	kyskere	kyskeste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Middle English

Noun

kysk

1. alternative form of kex

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German kūsch, from Proto-West Germanic *kūski. Borrowed from Latin cōnscius (“conscious”).

Adjective

kysk (indefinite singular kysk, definite singular and plural kyske)

1. chaste

References

• “kysk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kysk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German kūsch, from Proto-West Germanic *kūski. Borrowed from Latin cōnscius (“conscious”).

Adjective

kysk (indefinite singular kysk, definite singular and plural kyske)

1. chaste

References

• “kysk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kysker, from Latin conscius. Cognate to Norwegian kysk, Danish kysk, German keusch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕʏsk/

Adjective

kysk (comparative kyskare, superlative kyskast)

1. chaste

Declension

Inflection of kysk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kysk	kyskare	kyskast
neuter singular	kyskt	kyskare	kyskast
plural	kyska	kyskare	kyskast
masculine plural2	kyske	kyskare	kyskast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	kyske	kyskare	kyskaste
all	kyska	kyskare	kyskaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• “kysk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kysk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kysk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)