torsk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish torsk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔɹsk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

torsk (plural torsks)

2. An edible fish, Brosme brosme.

   Synonyms: tusk, cusk; more at cusk

Descendants

• → Welsh: torsg

Anagrams

• Korts, skort, stork

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish thorsk, from Old Norse þorskr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔːrsk/, [tˢɒːsɡ̊]

Noun

torsk c (singular definite torsken, plural indefinite torsk)

1. cod, codfish
2. (derogatory) ass, fool

Inflection

Declension of torsk

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	torsk	torsken	torsk	torskene
genitive	torsks	torskens	torsks	torskenes

References

• “torsk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

torsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þorskr, þoskr.

Noun

torsk m (definite singular torsken, indefinite plural torsker, definite plural torskene)

1. a cod

References

• “torsk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þorskr, þoskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɞ̞sk], [tʰɞ̞r̥ˠsk], [tʰɞ̞ʂk]

Noun

torsk m (definite singular torsken, indefinite plural torskar, definite plural torskane)

1. a cod

References

• “torsk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en torsk (sense 1)

Etymology

From Old Swedish þorsker, from Old Norse þorskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrsk/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

torsk c

2. cod, codfish

   kokt torsk med äggsås

   boiled cod with egg sauce [or "poached cod," but the recipe is usually called "kokt torsk" and not "pocherad torsk"]

3. (colloquial) a john, a punter (person who solicits the service of prostitutes)

   Synonym: sexköpare

4. thrush (oral candidiasis)
6. (slang, often used adjectivally, and then only predicatively) (someone or something) toast (having suffered a setback or hopeless); (used as a noun) a goner, a loss, etc.

   soppatorsk

   out of gas [colloquial]

   (literally, “juice ["soup" – slang] toast”)

   1. (someone) busted (caught doing something illegal)

      Polisen kom och det blev torsk

      The police came and I was busted [it was [became] toast]

   3. (sports) losing

      Laget åkte på torsk

      The team took a loss

   4. (more or less figuratively, as "torsk på något" when specifying the thing succumbed to) (someone) having succumbed to something; (especially) (someone) hooked
      1. (in reference to drugs) hooked; a junkie

         vara torsk på heroin / en herointorsk

         be hooked on heroin / a heroin junkie

      3. (in reference to interests) passionately into something; a sucker (for something), nuts (about something)

         vara torsk på julmusik

         be a sucker for Christmas songs

         Torsk på Tallinn

         Screwed in Tallinn [a comedy mockumentary]

         (literally, “Sucker for Tallinn / John [person who solicits the service of prostitutes] in Tallinn [double entendre – "på [on] Tallinn" as opposed to "i [in] Tallinn" is rare in Swedish as well]”)

Usage notes

Now uncommon in the general (sense 4). Most common in (sense 4.2) and (sense 4.3.2).

Declension

Declension of torsk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	torsk	torsks
	definite	torsken	torskens
plural	indefinite	torskar	torskars
	definite	torskarna	torskarnas

Related terms

• kjempetorsk
• soppatorsk
• torska
• torskbestånd
• torskfilé
• torskfisk
• torskfiske
• torskkrig
• torskkvot
• torskleverolja
• torskpilkning
• torskrom
• torskrygg
• turbotorsk

References

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

Anagrams

• korts, skrot, stork