dönick

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare döing, earlier dödning. First attested in 1886, in the form dönickare.

Noun

dönick c

  1. (colloquial) someone (listlessly) boring or hopeless; a dullard, a bore, an Eeyore, a chump, etc.

Usage notes

Different connotations from deadbeat.

Declension

Declension of dönick
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dönick dönicks
definite dönicken dönickens
plural indefinite dönickar dönickars
definite dönickarna dönickarnas

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