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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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. (deprecated template usage) imperative of skrike

References

• “skrik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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. inflection of skrika:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Derived terms

• angstskrik
• dødsskrik
• siste skrik

References

• “skrik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːk

Verb

skrik

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of skrika.

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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