pokker

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German pocke (boil, abscess), from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (pock; swelling), cognate with English pock, pox, German Pocke. Maybe kopper (smallpox) is a euphemistic refashioning of this word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰʌɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

pokker c pl

  1. (dialect, archaic) a blemish or rash resulting from smallpox, pockmarks, also similar conditions from syphilis, etc.

Noun

pokker c (singular definite pokkeren, not used in plural form)

  1. (archaic) devil
  2. (swear word) damn

Declension

Synonyms

References

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Poker, itself borrowed from English poker.

Noun

pokker (genitive pokkeri, partitive pokkerit)

  1. poker (card game)

Declension

Further reading

Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔkːər/

Noun

pokker

  1. a mild oath or profanity; based on the disease smallpox ("kopper")

Inflection

References

  • “pokker” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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