hykle
Norwegian Bokmål
FWOTD – 28 April 2018
Etymology
From Middle Low German huchelen (compare Plautdietsch heichlen (“be a hypocrite”), German heucheln (“feign”)).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈhyklə/
Verb
hykle (imperative hykl or hykle, present tense hykler, simple past and past participle hykla or hyklet, present participle hyklende)
- to practice hypocrisy, be a hypocrite
- 2013 July 20, Frida Boisen, quoted in Agnes Klem, Lene Skogstrøm, "Advarer mot seksualisert klesmote for barn", in Aftenposten.
- Det er på tide at klesbutikkene slutter å hykle!
- It's about time that clothes outlets stop being hypocrites!
- Det er på tide at klesbutikkene slutter å hykle!
- 2013 July 20, Frida Boisen, quoted in Agnes Klem, Lene Skogstrøm, "Advarer mot seksualisert klesmote for barn", in Aftenposten.
Derived terms
- hykler
- hykleri
- hyklete
- hykling
References
- “hykle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.