/ɧɛmt/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish skæmt, from skæmta (“to joke”), whence also modern Swedish skämta. Cognate with Danish skæmt, Norwegian Bokmål skjemt and Norwegian Nynorsk skjemt.
- neutera joke
“dra ett skämt” — tell a joke
“Det var bara ett skämt” — It was only a joke
“Han är ett skämt” — He is a joke (in the derogatory sense)
- form-of, indefinite, neuter, singularindefinite neuter singular of skämd
- form-of, supinesupine of skämma
Formerskämt(indefinite, nominative, singular) · skämts(genitive, indefinite, singular) · skämtet(definite, nominative, singular) · skämtets(definite, genitive, singular) · skämt(indefinite, nominative, plural) · skämts(genitive, indefinite, plural) · skämten(definite, nominative, plural) · skämtens(definite, genitive, plural)