skrock
Swedish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skrakwą.
Noun
skrock n
- superstition
- Synonym: vidskepelse
- Det där är bara skrock!
- That's just superstitious nonsense!
Usage notes
Similar tone to the example (or something like English woo or hokum), whereas vidskepelse matches the tone of plain superstition.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skrock | skrocks |
| definite | skrocket | skrockets | |
| plural | indefinite | skrock | skrocks |
| definite | skrocken | skrockens |
References
- skrock in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skrock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skrock in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skrock in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)