kusk
Danish
Etymology
From German Kutscher (“coachman”), from Kutsche (“carriage, coach”), from Hungarian kocsi, named after the Hungarian village Kocs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kusk/, [kʰusɡ̊]
Icelandic
Declension
Further reading
- “kusk” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Swedish
en kusk
en till kusk
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kutscher, from Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, arguably from the name of the village Kocs. Cognate of English coach, French coche, Dutch koetsier.
Declension
| Declension of kusk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kusk | kusken | kuskar | kuskarna |
| Genitive | kusks | kuskens | kuskars | kuskarnas |
Related terms
- hyrkusk
- kuska
- kuskbock
References
- kusk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kusk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kusk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kusk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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