skick

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish skik, from Middle Low German schik (“form; order”). Likely cognate of French chic.

Noun

skick n

1. condition, state

   Han är i dåligt skick efter olyckan

   He is in a bad shape after the accident

2. behavior, manners

   bordsskick

   table manners

3. custom

Declension

Declension of skick

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skick	skicks
	definite	skicket	skickets
plural	indefinite	skick	skicks
	definite	skicken	skickens

Derived terms

• bordsskick
• oskick

References

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