pokker

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German pocke (“boil, abscess”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), cognate with English pock, pox, German Pocke. Maybe kopper (“smallpox”) is a euphemistic refashioning of this word.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰʌɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

pokker c pl

  1. (dialect, archaic) a blemish or rash resulting from smallpox, pockmarks, also similar conditions from syphilis, etc.

Noun

pokker c (singular definite pokkeren, not used in plural form)

  1. (archaic) devil
  2. (swear word) damn

Declension
Declension of pokker
common
gender		 Singular
indefinite definite
nominative pokker pokkeren
genitive pokkers pokkerens

Synonyms

References

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Poker, itself borrowed from English poker.

Noun

pokker (genitive pokkeri, partitive pokkerit)

  1. poker (card game)

Declension
Declension of pokker (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pokker pokkerid
accusative nom.
gen. pokkeri
genitive pokkerite
partitive pokkerit pokkereid
illative pokkerisse pokkeritesse
pokkereisse
inessive pokkeris pokkerites
pokkereis
elative pokkerist pokkeritest
pokkereist
allative pokkerile pokkeritele
pokkereile
adessive pokkeril pokkeritel
pokkereil
ablative pokkerilt pokkeritelt
pokkereilt
translative pokkeriks pokkeriteks
pokkereiks
terminative pokkerini pokkeriteni
essive pokkerina pokkeritena
abessive pokkerita pokkeriteta
comitative pokkeriga pokkeritega

Further reading

Norwegian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔkːər/

Noun

pokker

  1. a mild oath or profanity; based on the disease smallpox ("kopper")

Inflection
Inflection of pokker
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m pokker pokken pokker pokkene
Nynorsk m pokker pokken pokkar pokkane

References
  • “pokker” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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