skurk

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schurk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skœrk/

Noun

skurk (plural skurke)

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

Danish

Etymology

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

Swedish

Noun

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

Derived terms

References
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