kusk

Danish

Etymology

From German Kutscher (“coachman”), from Kutsche (“carriage, coach”), from Hungarian kocsi, named after the Hungarian village Kocs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kusk/, [kʰusɡ̊]

Noun

kusk c (singular definite kusken, plural indefinite kuske)

1. driver, coachman

Declension

Declension of kusk

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kusk	kusken	kuske	kuskene
genitive	kusks	kuskens	kuskes	kuskenes

Icelandic

Noun

kusk n (genitive singular kusks, no plural)

1. dust

Further reading

• “kusk” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Swedish

en kusk

en till kusk

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kutscher, from Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, arguably from the name of the village Kocs. Cognate of English coach, French coche, Dutch koetsier.

Noun

kusk c

1. driver, coachman

Declension

Declension of kusk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kusk	kusks
	definite	kusken	kuskens
plural	indefinite	kuskar	kuskars
	definite	kuskarna	kuskarnas

Related terms

• droskkusk
• hyrkusk
• kuska
• kuskbock

References

• kusk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kusk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kusk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kusk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kuks