skurk

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch schurk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skœrk/ === Noun === skurk (plural skurke) villain, scoundrel (fiction) villain (an evil character in a work of fiction) == Danish == === Etymology === Derived 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) (also literature) villain, baddie ==== Inflection ==== ==== Synonyms ==== slyngel c == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskɵrk/ === Noun === skurk c a crook (criminal (or dishonest, immoral, etc., by extension) person) a bad guy, a rogue, etc. (sometimes a better match for tone) a bad guy, a villain (in a story or the like) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== skurkaktig skurkstat småskurk (“small-time crook”) superskurk (“supervillain”) ==== See also ==== bandit bov brottsling buse förbrytare gangster kriminell rånare rövare tjuv === References === “skurk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skurk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skurk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == West Frisian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch schurk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskørk/ === Noun === skurk c (plural skurken, diminutive skurkje) villain, scoundrel, thug Synonym: smjunt ==== Further reading ==== “skurk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011