skammarkrókur

Icelandic

Etymology

Calque of Danish skammekrog. Composed of skömm (“scolding”) +‎ krókur (“corner”).

Noun

skammarkrókur m (genitive singular skammarkróks, nominative plural skammarkrókar)

1. corner time, the naughty step, time-out (placing a child aside as punishment for bad behaviour)

   Hann var settur í skammarkrókinn. ― He was given a time-out.

2. (figurative) shaming

Declension

Declension of skammarkrókur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skammarkrókur	skammarkrókurinn	skammarkrókar	skammarkrókarnir
accusative	skammarkrók	skammarkrókinn	skammarkróka	skammarkrókana
dative	skammarkrók, skammarkróki	skammarkróknum	skammarkrókum	skammarkrókunum
genitive	skammarkróks	skammarkróksins	skammarkróka	skammarkrókanna