skoj
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From skoja.
Adjective
[edit]skoj
- (colloquial) fun (enjoyable, amusing)
- Var det skoj på vattenlandet?
- Did you have fun at the water park?
Noun
[edit]skoj n
- joking around (kidding, pranking, joking), fun
- Ibland måste man få ha lite skoj
- You must to be allowed to have a bit of fun from time to time
- Vi hade skoj på äventyrsbadet
- We had fun at the water park
- Det var inte menat på allvar utan på skoj
- It wasn't meant seriously. I was joking around.
- Han är inte professionell utan gör det för skojs skull
- He's not a professional. He does it for fun.
- (by ironic extension) deception, fraud
- De vill att jag dubbelklickar på en skum .exe-fil. Är det här nåt skoj eller?
- They want me to double-click a shady .exe file. Is this some kind of trickery or what?
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skoj | skojs |
| definite | skojet | skojets | |
| plural | indefinite | skoj | skojs |
| definite | skojen | skojens |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “skoj”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “skoj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “skoj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)