skrock

Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skrakwą.

Noun

skrock n

1. superstition

   Synonym: vidskepelse

   Det där är bara skrock!

   That's just superstitious nonsense!

Usage notes

Similar tone to the example (or something like English woo), whereas vidskepelse matches the tone of plain superstition.

Declension

Declension of skrock

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skrock	skrocks
	definite	skrocket	skrockets
plural	indefinite	skrock	skrocks
	definite	skrocken	skrockens

References

• skrock in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skrock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skrock in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skrock in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)