"skank" meaning in Swedish

See skank in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Cognate with Danish skank, English shank, used as a noun in Swedish since 1635. The noun is based on an older adjective (now obsolete) skank, skink (limping, lame on one leg). Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} skank c, {{sv-noun|c}} skank c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], skank [indefinite, nominative, singular], skanks [genitive, indefinite, singular], skanken [definite, nominative, singular], skankens [definite, genitive, singular], skankar [indefinite, nominative, plural], skankars [genitive, indefinite, plural], skankarna [definite, nominative, plural], skankarnas [definite, genitive, plural], skånk [alternative]
  1. a leg (human or animal) Tags: common-gender Related terms: korsskank, snarskank
    Sense id: en-skank-sv-noun-ubMUJaX3 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Danish skank, English shank, used as a noun in Swedish since 1635. The noun is based on an older adjective (now obsolete) skank, skink (limping, lame on one leg).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skank",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skanks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skanken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skankens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skankar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skankars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skankarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skankarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skånk",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "skank c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "skank c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "move your legs! (walk on, keep moving)",
          "text": "rör på skankarna!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leg (human or animal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-skank-sv-noun-ubMUJaX3",
      "links": [
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "korsskank"
        },
        {
          "word": "snarskank"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "skank"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Danish skank, English shank, used as a noun in Swedish since 1635. The noun is based on an older adjective (now obsolete) skank, skink (limping, lame on one leg).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skank",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skanks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skanken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skankens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skankar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skankars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skankarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skankarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skånk",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "skank c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "skank c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "korsskank"
    },
    {
      "word": "snarskank"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish common-gender nouns",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "move your legs! (walk on, keep moving)",
          "text": "rör på skankarna!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a leg (human or animal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "skank"
}

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