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berserk

berserk

English

Alternative forms

beserk
berzerk
beresque (Australian, jocular)

Noun

berserk ‎(plural berserks)

A crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy; a berserker.

Translations

a crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy

Chinese:
Mandarin: 狂戰士 (zh), 狂战士 (zh) ‎(kuángzhànshì), 巴薩卡, 巴萨卡 ‎(bāsàkǎ)
Danish: bersærk c
Dutch: berserker m
Faroese: berserkur m
Finnish: berserkki

German: Berserker (de) m
Japanese: ベルセルク ‎(beruseruku), バーサーカー ‎(bāsākā)
Norwegian: berserk (no)
Russian: берсе́ркер (ru) m ‎(bersérker), берсе́рк (ru) m ‎(bersérk), береза́рк m ‎(berezárk)
Swedish: bärsärk (sv) c

Adjective

berserk ‎(comparative more berserk, superlative most berserk)

Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control.
- After he watched his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a beast or a wild animal.

Translations

injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control

Chinese:
Mandarin: 狂暴 (zh) ‎(kuángbào)
Dutch: doorgedraaid (nl), (slang) geflipt
Finnish: hullu (fi), sekopäinen (fi), raivopäinen
French: fou furieux (fr) m
German: durchgedreht (de), ausgeflippt (de), wütend (de), rasend (de)

Italian: furioso (it), folle (it) m, frenetico (it) m
Japanese: 凶暴な ‎(きょうぼうな, kyōbō na)
Portuguese: fora de controle
Russian: неи́стовый (ru) ‎(neístovyj), исступлённый (ru) ‎(isstupljónnyj), я́ростный (ru) ‎(járostnyj), бе́шеный (ru) ‎(béšenyj)
Spanish: fuera de control

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