knark

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish knark.

Noun

knark m (definite singular knarken, uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) narcotic, illegal drugs

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish knark.

Noun

knark n (definite singular knarket, uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) narcotic, illegal drug
    Synonyms: dop, droge, narkotika

Etymology 2

Probably related to Swedish knarr (“grumpy”).

Noun

knark m (definite singular knarken, indefinite plural knarkar, definite plural knarkane)

  1. an old grumpy man
    Synonyms: knarr, surgubbe
Derived terms
  • gjerrigknark

References

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knark/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

knark n (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) illegal drugs

Usage notes

More judgmental-sounding compared to droger and narkotika.

Declension
Declension of knark 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative knark knarket — —
Genitive knarks knarkets — —

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.