slisk

slisk

Swedish

Etymology

Disputed. Arguably cognate with Danish slesk or Proto-Germanic *slīkaną.

Noun

slisk n

  1. schmaltz

Declension

Declension of slisk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite slisk slisks
definite slisket sliskets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

References

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