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
- 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skämt | skämtet | skämt | skämten |
| Genitive | skämts | skämtets | skämts | skämtens |
Derived terms
- aprilskämt
- på skämt (“as a joke”)
References
- skämta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Etymology 2
From the verb skämma.
References
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