skick

Inherited from Old Swedish skik, from Middle Low German schik (“form; order”). Likely cognate of French chic.

skick n

1. condition, state

   Han är i dåligt skick efter olyckan

   He is in a bad shape after the accident

2. behavior, manners

   bordsskick

   table manners

3. custom

• bordsskick
• oskick

• “skick”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “skick”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “skick”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• skick in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)