heksedoktor

Danish

Etymology

Compound of hekse +‎ doktor.

Noun

heksedoktor c (singular definite heksedoktoren, plural indefinite heksedoktorer)

  1. witch doctor
    1. (by extension, derogatory) a quack
      Synonym: kvaksalver

Declension

Declension of heksedoktor
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heksedoktor heksedoktoren heksedoktorer heksedoktorerne
genitive heksedoktors heksedoktorens heksedoktorers heksedoktorernes

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From heks +‎ -e- +‎ doktor.

Noun

heksedoktor m (definite singular heksedoktoren, indefinite plural heksedoktorer, definite plural heksedoktorene)

  1. a witch doctor

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From heks +‎ -e- +‎ doktor.

Noun

heksedoktor m (definite singular heksedoktoren, indefinite plural heksedoktorar, definite plural heksedoktorane)

  1. a witch doctor
    • 2014, "Brasil 2014" by Kjartan Fløgstad, Font Forlag AS →ISBN [1]
      Verksemda deira kan best samanliknast med den til medisinmenn og heksedoktorar i dei stammane Claude Lévi-Strauss observerte i Mato Grosso.
      Their activity can best be compared with that of medicine men and witch doctors in the tribes Claude Lévi-Strauss observed in Mato Grosso.
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