quisling

See also: Quisling

English

WOTD – 16 July 2012

Etymology

From the name of 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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪz.lɪŋ/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

quisling (plural quislings)

(derogatory) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. [from 1940]
- 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.

Citations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:quisling.

Synonyms

(traitor): collaborator, traitor, rat

Derived terms

Terms derived from quisling (noun)

quisle (verb, a back-formation)
quisling-hearted
quislingism

quislingize, quislingized
quisling-minded
quisling-style

Translations

traitor

Armenian: կվիսլինգ (kvisling)
Bulgarian: предател (bg) m (predatel), изменник (bg) m (izmennik)
Catalan: col·laboracionista m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賣國賊 (zh), 卖国贼 (zh) (màiguózéi)
Czech: kolaborant m, zrádce m
Danish: quisling c, landsforræder c
Dutch: quisling (nl) m, landverrader (nl) m, NSB'er m (pejorative)
Finnish: quisling (fi), maanpetturi
French: quisling (fr) m, collabo (fr) m or f
German: Kollaborateur (de) m, Verräter (de) m

Greek: κουίσλινγκ m (kouíslingk) (undeclinable), δωσίλογος (el) m (dosílogos), προδότης (el) m (prodótis) (formally)
Japanese: 売国奴 (ja) (baikokudo), 国賊 (ja) (kokuzoku)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: quisling (no) m, landsforræder (no) m, landssviker m

Nynorsk: quisling m, landsforrædar m, landssvikar m
Portuguese: quisling m
Russian: кви́слинг (ru) m (kvísling), коллаборациони́ст (ru) m (kollaboracioníst), преда́тель (ru) m (predátelʹ), изме́нник (ru) m (izménnik)
Slovak: kvisling m
Slovene: kvizling m
Spanish: colaboracionista m or f, traidor (es) m
Swedish: quisling (sv) c, landsförrädare (sv) c, femtekolonnare (sv) c

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʋɪs.lɪŋ/
Audio (file)

Noun

quisling m (plural quislingen, diminutive quislingetje n)

quisling

Finnish

Noun

quisling

quisling

Declension

Inflection of quisling (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		quisling	quislingit
genitive		quislingin	quislingien
partitive		quislingia	quislingeja
illative		quislingiin	quislingeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		quisling	quislingit
accusative	nom.	quisling	quislingit
accusative	gen.	quislingin	quislingit
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
instructive		—	quislingein
abessive		quislingitta	quislingeitta
comitative		—	quislingeineen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.

Noun

quisling m (definite singular quislingen, indefinite plural quislinger, definite plural quislingene)

a quisling (traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)

References

“quisling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

As above.

Noun

quisling m (definite singular quislingen, indefinite plural quislingar, definite plural quislingane)

a quisling (as above)

References

“quisling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

quisling m (plural quislings)

(derogatory) quisling (traitor who collaborates with the enemy)

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