skynke
Swedish
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Norwegian skukk (“a cover in front of a house in the manner of a porch”)
Noun
skynke n
- a larger piece of cloth to cover something; a curtain, a cloth
- Dockspelaren har sina händer inne i dockorna och döljer sig själv bakom ett skynke
- The puppeteer has his hands in the puppets and hides himself behind a cloth
- höftskynke
- loin cloth
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skynke | skynkes |
| definite | skynket | skynkets | |
| plural | indefinite | skynken | skynkens |
| definite | skynkena | skynkenas |
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- skynke in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- skynke in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)