sjuk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk sjuk, from Old Norse sjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz. Doublet of syk.

Adjective

sjuk (neuter singular sjukt, definite singular and plural sjuke, comparative sjukere, indefinite superlative sjukest, definite superlative sjukeste)

  1. alternative form of syk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz. Akin to English sick.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃʉːk/, /sjʉːk/

Adjective

sjuk (neuter sjukt, definite singular and plural sjuke, comparative sjukare, indefinite superlative sjukast, definite superlative sjukaste)

  1. ill, diseased
    Eg er vorten sjuk.
    I've become ill.
  2. (informal) crazy (unexpected, surprising)
    Synonyms: dødssjuk, sinnssjuk
    Det var heilt sjukt!
    It was completely crazy!
    Det er det sjukaste eg har sett.
    It's the craziest thing I've seen.
  3. sick, depraved
    Du er ein sjuk person.
    You are a sick person.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish siūker, from Old Norse sjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɧʉːk/
  • Audio(file)
    (dark /ɧ/, [ɧ𝆑ʷʉːk])
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    (light /ɧ/, [ʂʉːk])
  • Rhymes: -ʉːk

Adjective

sjuk (comparative sjukare, superlative sjukast)

  1. (pathology) sick, ill (having a disease)
  2. (colloquial) sick, disturbed, mentally unstable
  3. sick (in bad taste)
    ett sjukt skämt
    a sick joke

Declension
Inflection of sjuk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sjuk sjukare sjukast
Neuter singular sjukt sjukare sjukast
Plural sjuka sjukare sjukast
Masculine plural3 sjuke sjukare sjukast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sjuke sjukare sjukaste
All sjuka sjukare sjukaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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