English

Noun

skrik ‎(plural skriks)

1. (South Africa) A shock; a fright.
   • 2005, Morag Vlaming, Gogo's Magic (page 89)

     I was brought up on a farm in the Free Sate a long time ago. Jong, when I first came to Johannesburg I got such a skrik.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skrik n ‎(definite singular skriket, indefinite plural skrik, definite plural skrika or skrikene)

1. cry; scream, shriek
2. an item, usually a piece of fashion, when used in the idiomatic phrase "siste skrik" (latest fashion)

Related terms

• skrike

Derived terms

• angstskrik
• dødsskrik
• siste skrik

Verb

skrik

1. imperative of skrike

References

• “skrik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skrik n ‎(definite singular skriket, indefinite plural skrik, definite plural skrika)

1. cry; scream, shriek
2. an item, usually a piece of fashion, when used in the idiomatic phrase "siste skrik" (latest fashion)

Derived terms

• angstskrik
• dødsskrik
• siste skrik

References

• “skrik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

skrik

1. imperative of skrika.

West Frisian

Etymology

Related to Dutch schrik, German Schrecken

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrɪk/

Noun

skrik c (pl skrikken)

1. fear