skämt
See also: skamt
Swedish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Swedish skæmt, from skæmta (“to joke”), whence also modern Swedish skämta. Cognate with Danish skæmt, Norwegian Bokmål skjemt and Norwegian Nynorsk skjemt.
Noun
editskämt n
- a joke
- Synonyms: (as in funny story) vits, (as in funny story) rolig historia
- dra ett skämt
- tell a joke
- Det var bara ett skämt
- It was only a joke
- Han är ett skämt
- He is a joke (in the derogatory sense)
- göra något på skämt
- do something as a joke
Declension
editDeclension of skämt
Derived terms
edit- aprilskämt
- på skämt (“as a joke”)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- skämta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Etymology 2
editFrom the verb skämma.
Adjective
editskämt
Verb
editskämt