kvisling

• IPA^(key): /²kvɪsliŋ/, /²kvɪʃliŋ/

From kvisla (“to whisper; rattle”), from Old Norse hvísla.

kvisling f (definite singular kvislinga, indefinite plural kvislingar, definite plural kvislingane)

1. a light sound; a whiz in air or water

Norwegianisation of quisling, coined in 1940; from the surname Quisling, referring to Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during the Second World War. The surname derives from the Latinisation Quislinus of the Danish village name Kvislemark, later reinterpreted as Kvisle(mark) + -ing. More at the English entry.

• quisling (alternative spelling)

kvisling m (definite singular kvislingen, indefinite plural kvislingar, definite plural kvislingane)

2. a quisling (traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)

• kvisl (“cleft; fork”)

• “kvisling”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

From Norwegian quisling.

• IPA^(key): /kʋǐslinɡ/
• Hyphenation: kvis‧ling

kvìsling m anim (Cyrillic spelling квѝслинг)

1. quisling

• quisling m

Derived from Norwegian quisling.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvislink]

kvisling m pers

1. quisling

• “kvisling”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025