skämt

See also: skamt

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɧɛmt/
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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish skæmt, from skæmta (“to joke”), whence also modern Swedish skämta. Cognate with Danish skæmt, Norwegian Bokmål skjemt and Norwegian Nynorsk skjemt.

Noun

skämt n

  1. a joke
    Synonyms: (as in funny story) vits, (as in funny story) rolig historia
    dra ett skämt
    tell a joke
    Det var bara ett skämt
    It was only a joke
    Han är ett skämt
    He is a joke (in the derogatory sense)
    göra något på skämt
    do something as a joke
Declension
Declension of skämt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skämt skämts
definite skämtet skämtets
plural indefinite skämt skämts
definite skämten skämtens
Derived terms

References

  • skämta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Etymology 2

From the verb skämma.

Adjective

skämt

  1. indefinite neuter singular of skämd

Verb

skämt

  1. supine of skämma

References

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