svik

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsvɪːk]

Noun

svik n (genitive singular sviks)

  1. fraud

Declension

Declension of svik
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svik svikið svik svikini
accusative svik svikið svik svikini
dative sviki svikinum svikum svikunum
genitive sviks sviksins svika svikanna

Derived terms

  • peningasvik
  • fíggjarsvik
  • skattasvik
  • skjalasvik
  • heimildarsvik
  • vinnufelagssvik
  • tryggingarsvik
  • sølutingssvik
  • svikagerð
  • svikabragd

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svik, from Proto-Germanic *swiką. More at Scots swick.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svɪːk/
    Rhymes: -ɪːk

Noun

svik n pl (plurale tantum)

  1. betrayal, treachery
  2. fraud, swindle, scam

Declension

Synonyms

  • (scam): svindl

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋiːk/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

svik n (definite singular sviket, indefinite plural svik, definite plural svika)

  1. betrayal

Etymology 2

Verb

svik

  1. present tense of svika and svike
  2. imperative of svika and svike

References

Swedish

Verb

svik

  1. imperative of svika.
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