See also: Quisling

English [ edit ]

quisling English Wikipedia has an article on: Wikipedia

Etymology [ edit ]

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.

The name is seemingly supposed to mean "one who is from Kvislemark", and is equivalent to Kvislemark +‎ -ing (suffix designating a person of a certain origin or with certain qualities). Kvislemark is composed of Danish kvissel (“cleft branch”) +‎ mark (compare Danmark). kvissel itself is a derivative of Old Norse kvísl (“fork [as in a 'fork in the road']”), which ultimately comes (by dissimilation) from Proto-Germanic *twīsilō. Cognates include Old English twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river or road”) and Old High German zwisila (“forked implement, twig, branch”).

Ultimately related to English twistle, twissel, and twizzle.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /ˈkwɪz.lɪŋ/

: Audio (AU)

Noun [ edit ]

quisling (plural quislings)

( derogatory ) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. 1940 , Walter Tschuppik, The Quislings: Hitler's Trojan Horses , Hutchinson, page 7: In many countries, including some where the Jews were neither numerically strong nor in possession of important posts, these envoys of the German Secret Service have been able, solely by the use of anti-Jewish slogans, to create those "national" Fascist movements from which Quislings are bred.

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 [ edit ]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quisling.

Synonyms [ edit ]

( traitor ) : collaborator traitor rat

Derived terms [ edit ]

Terms derived from quisling (noun) quisle

quisler

quislingism quislingize quislingized

quisling-style

Translations [ edit ]

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 (cs) 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

See also [ edit ]

Danish [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

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

Noun [ edit ]

quisling c (singular definite quislingen, plural indefinite quislinge or quislinger)

a quisling traitor who collaborates with the enemy. Especially one who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)

References [ edit ]

Dutch [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

After Vidkun Quisling.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /ˈkʋɪs.lɪŋ/

: Audio

Hyphenation: quis‧ling

Noun [ edit ]

quisling m (plural quislingen, diminutive quislingetje n )

Finnish [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

quisling

Declension [ edit ]

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 gen. quislingin 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

Possessive forms of quisling (type risti) possessor singular plural 1st person quislingini quislingimme 2nd person quislingisi quislinginne 3rd person quislinginsa

Norwegian Bokmål [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

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

Noun [ edit ]

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

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

References [ edit ]

“quisling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk [ edit ]

quisling Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on: Wikipedia nn

Etymology [ edit ]

As above.

Noun [ edit ]

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

a quisling as above)

References [ edit ]

“quisling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

quisling m (plural quislings)