skurk

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schurk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skœrk/

Noun

skurk (plural skurke)

1. villain, scoundrel
2. (fiction) villain (an evil character in a work of fiction)

Danish

Etymology

Derived from German Low German Schurk, Schurke. Cognate with Dutch schurk and German Schurke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skurk/, [sɡ̊uɐ̯ɡ̊]

Noun

skurk c (singular definite skurken, plural indefinite skurke)

1. (also literature) villain, baddie

Inflection

Declension of skurk

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skurk	skurken	skurke	skurkene
genitive	skurks	skurkens	skurkes	skurkenes

Synonyms

• slyngel c

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɵrk/

Noun

skurk c

1. a crook (criminal (or dishonest, immoral, etc., by extension) person)

   Jag är ingen skurk

   I am not a crook

   småskurkar

   small-time crooks

   1. a bad guy, a rogue, etc. (sometimes a better match for tone)

      Polisen fångade några skurkar idag

      The police caught some bad guys today

      skurkgalleri

      gallery of rogues

2. a bad guy, a villain (in a story or the like)

Declension

Declension of skurk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skurk	skurks
	definite	skurken	skurkens
plural	indefinite	skurkar	skurkars
	definite	skurkarna	skurkarnas

Derived terms

• skurkaktig
• skurkstat
• småskurk (“small-time crook”)
• superskurk (“supervillain”)

See also

• bandit
• bov
• brottsling
• buse
• förbrytare
• gangster
• kriminell
• rånare
• rövare
• tjuv

References

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