kvisling

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²kvɪsliŋ/, /²kvɪʃliŋ/

Etymology 1

From kvisla (“to whisper; rattle”), from Old Norse hvísla.

Noun

kvisling f (definite singular kvislinga, indefinite plural kvislingar, definite plural kvislingane)

1. a light sound; a whiz in air or water

Etymology 2

Norwegianisation of quisling, coined in 1940; from the surname Quisling, referring to Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during the Second World War. The surname derives from the Latinisation Quislinus of the Danish village name Kvislemark, later reinterpreted as Kvisle(mark) + -ing. More at the English entry.

Alternative forms

• quisling (alternative spelling)

Noun

kvisling m (definite singular kvislingen, indefinite plural kvislingar, definite plural kvislingane)

2. a quisling (traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)

Related terms

• kvisl (“cleft; fork”)

References

• “kvisling”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Norwegian quisling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋǐslinɡ/
• Hyphenation: kvis‧ling

Noun

kvìsling m (Cyrillic spelling квѝслинг)

1. quisling

Declension

Declension of kvisling

	singular	plural
nominative	kvisling	kvislinzi
genitive	kvislinga	kvislinga
dative	kvislingu	kvislinzima
accusative	kvislinga	kvislinge
vocative	kvislinže	kvislinzi
locative	kvislingu	kvislinzima
instrumental	kvislingom	kvislinzima

Slovak

Alternative forms

• quisling m

Etymology

Derived from Norwegian quisling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvislink]

Noun

kvisling m pers

1. quisling

Declension

Declension of kvisling (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	kvisling	kvislingovia
genitive	kvislinga	kvislingov
dative	kvislingovi	kvislingom
accusative	kvislinga	kvislingov
locative	kvislingovi	kvislingoch
instrumental	kvislingom	kvislingmi

Further reading

• “kvisling”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024