pokker
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German pocke (“boil, abscess”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), cognate with English pock, pox, German Pocke. Maybe kopper (“smallpox”) is a euphemistic refashioning of this word.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pokker c pl
- (dialect, archaic) a blemish or rash resulting from smallpox, pockmarks, also similar conditions from syphilis, etc.
Noun
[edit]pokker c (singular definite pokkeren, not used in plural form)
Declension
[edit]Declension of pokker
| common gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pokker | pokkeren |
| genitive | pokkers | pokkerens |
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Poker, itself borrowed from English poker.
Noun
[edit]pokker (genitive pokkeri, partitive pokkerit)
- poker (card game)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of pokker (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pokker | pokkerid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | pokkeri | ||
| genitive | pokkerite | ||
| partitive | pokkerit | pokkereid | |
| illative | pokkerisse | pokkeritesse pokkereisse | |
| inessive | pokkeris | pokkerites pokkereis | |
| elative | pokkerist | pokkeritest pokkereist | |
| allative | pokkerile | pokkeritele pokkereile | |
| adessive | pokkeril | pokkeritel pokkereil | |
| ablative | pokkerilt | pokkeritelt pokkereilt | |
| translative | pokkeriks | pokkeriteks pokkereiks | |
| terminative | pokkerini | pokkeriteni | |
| essive | pokkerina | pokkeritena | |
| abessive | pokkerita | pokkeriteta | |
| comitative | pokkeriga | pokkeritega | |
Further reading
[edit]Norwegian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pokker
- a mild oath or profanity; based on the disease smallpox ("kopper")
- Pokker altså, jeg glemte lommeboka hjemme.
- Ah crap, I forgot my wallet at home.
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of pokker
References
[edit]- “pokker” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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