quisling
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Norwegian military officer Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two. From Quislinus, Latinization of Quislin, based on the Danish place name Kvislemark. This term first appeared in 1940.
The surname is seemingly supposed to mean "one who is from Kvislemark", and is equivalent to Kvisle(mark) + -ing (suffix designating a person of a certain origin or with certain qualities). However, the earlier form of the name, Quislinus/Quislin, appears to have been a fanciful coinage based upon Kvisle(mark) + Latin -inus (“suffix indicating a relationship of position, possession, or origin”), and only later on came to be reinterpreted as containing Norwegian -ing (“suffix designating a person of a certain origin or with certain qualities”). Kvislemark is composed of Danish kvissel (“cleft branch”) + mark (compare Danmark). kvissel itself is a derivative of Old Norse kvísl (“fork [as in a 'fork in the road']”), which ultimately comes (by dissimilation) from Proto-Germanic *twīsilō. Cognates include Old English twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river or road”) and Old High German zwisila (“forked implement, twig, branch”).
Ultimately related to English twistle, twissel, and twizzle.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkwɪz.lɪŋ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]quisling (plural quislings)
- (derogatory) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. [from 1940]
- Synonyms: collaborator, traitor, rat
- 1940, Walter Tschuppik, The Quislings: Hitler's Trojan Horses, Hutchinson, page 7:
- In many countries, including some where the Jews were neither numerically strong nor in possession of important posts, these envoys of the German Secret Service have been able, solely by the use of anti-Jewish slogans, to create those "national" Fascist movements from which Quislings are bred.
- 1944, Ralph D. Casey, EM 2: What Is Propaganda?[1], War Department:
- If, in the nation about to be attacked, influential persons were discovered who could be bribed or corrupted, German agents made use of these quislings.
- 1983 December 17, Tom Reeves, “The Scondras Victory”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 22, page 5:
- It is time to clear out the quislings and paid flunkies of city hall and big business.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- The man she cherishes, the man she butterfly-kisses, the man she sleeps curved around like two spoons in a drawer. It is he who is evil, he who is sworn to destroy her, an emotional quisling of the first water.
Derived terms
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Verb
[edit]quisling
- present participle and gerund of quisle
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]After Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.
Noun
[edit]quisling c (singular definite quislingen, plural indefinite quislinge or quislinger)
- a quisling (traitor who collaborates with the enemy. Especially one who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)
References
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]After Vidkun Quisling.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]quisling m (plural quislingen, diminutive quislingetje n)
- quisling
- Synonym: landverrader
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]quisling
Declension
[edit]Inflection of quisling (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | quisling | quislingit | |
genitive | quislingin | quislingien | |
partitive | quislingia | quislingeja | |
illative | quislingiin | quislingeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | quisling | quislingit | |
accusative | nom. | quisling | quislingit |
gen. | quislingin | ||
genitive | quislingin | quislingien | |
partitive | quislingia | quislingeja | |
inessive | quislingissa | quislingeissa | |
elative | quislingista | quislingeista | |
illative | quislingiin | quislingeihin | |
adessive | quislingilla | quislingeilla | |
ablative | quislingilta | quislingeilta | |
allative | quislingille | quislingeille | |
essive | quislingina | quislingeina | |
translative | quislingiksi | quislingeiksi | |
abessive | quislingitta | quislingeitta | |
instructive | — | quislingein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “quisling”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.
Noun
[edit]quisling m (definite singular quislingen, indefinite plural quislinger, definite plural quislingene)
- a quisling (traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)
References
[edit]- “quisling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.
Noun
[edit]quisling m (definite singular quislingen, indefinite plural quislingar, definite plural quislingane)
- alternative spelling of kvisling (“a quisling, traitor”)
References
[edit]- “quisling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English quisling.
Noun
[edit]quisling m (plural quislings)
- (derogatory) quisling (traitor who collaborates with the enemy)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål Quisling.
Noun
[edit]quisling m (plural quislingi)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) quisling | quislingul | (niște) quislingi | quislingii |
genitive/dative | (unui) quisling | quislingului | (unor) quislingi | quislingilor |
vocative | quislingule | quislingilor |
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]After Vidkun Quisling.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]quisling c
- (derogatory) a quisling
- Synonyms: landsförrädare, kollaboratör
Declension
[edit]Declension of quisling | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | quisling | quislingen | quislingar | quislingarna |
Genitive | quislings | quislingens | quislingars | quislingarnas |
References
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- English derogatory terms
- English terms with quotations
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- Rhymes:Swedish/²ɪslɪŋ
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