harsk

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse harskr, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kars- (“to scratch, scrape, rub, card”). See also Middle Low German harsch (“hairy”), Russian короста (korosta, “to itch”), Old Church Slavonic краста (krasta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /harsk/, [hɑːsɡ̊]

Adjective

harsk (neuter harsk or harskt, plural and definite singular attributive harske)

  1. rancid
  2. (adverbial) rancidly
  3. unforgiving, unpleasant, cruel

Declension

Inflection of harsk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular harsk mere harsk mest harsk2
indefinite neuter singular harsk mere harsk mest harsk2
plural harske mere harsk mest harsk2
definite attributive1 harske mere harsk mest harske

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.