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!

Derived terms

References

“hykle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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