skurk

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch schurk.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

skurk (plural skurke)

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

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Low German Schurk, Schurke. Cognate with Dutch schurk and German Schurke.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /skurk/, [sɡ̊uɐ̯ɡ̊]

Noun[edit]

skurk c (singular definite skurken, plural indefinite skurke)

  1. (also literature) villain, baddie

Inflection[edit]

Declension of skurk
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skurk skurken skurke skurkene
genitive skurks skurkens skurkes skurkenes

Synonyms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

skurk c

  1. a crook (criminal (or dishonest, etc., by extension) person)
    Jag är ingen skurk
    I am not a crook
    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[edit]

Declension of skurk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skurk skurken skurkar skurkarna
Genitive skurks skurkens skurkars skurkarnas

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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