Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sjuk (masculine sjuk; feminine sjuk; neuter sjukt; plural sjuke; comparative sjukere; superlative sjukest)

1. Alternative form of syk

Derived terms

• sjukdom
• sjukelig
• sjukehjem

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sjúkr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃʉːk/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

sjuk ‎(masculine and feminine sjuk, neuter sjukt, definite singular and plural sjuke, comparative sjukare, indefinite superlative sjukast, definite superlative sjukaste)

1. sick, ill, diseased

   Eg er vorten sjuk.

   I've become ill.

2. (informal) crazy (unexpected, surprising)

   Det var heilt sjukt!

   It was completely crazy!

   Det er det sjukaste eg har sett.

   It's the craziest thing I've seen.

3. sick, depraved

   Du er ein sjuk person.

   You are a sick person.

Derived terms

• sjukdom
• sjukeleg
• sjukeheim

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish siūker, from Old Norse sjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧʉk/
• Rhymes: -ʉːk

Adjective

sjuk (comparative sjukare, superlative sjukast)

1. sick, ill (having a disease)
2. (colloquial) sick, disturbed, mentally unstable
3. sick (in bad taste)

   Ett sjukt skämt.

   A sick joke.

Declension

See also

• sjukhus
• insjukna
• sjukdom