berserk

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

Synonym of berserker (“a Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy”).

Adj

1. Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.
2. (broadly) Bizarre; weird.
3. (broadly, dialectal, rare, slang) Wildly joyous; ecstatic.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be or become berserk.
2. (transitive) To make berserk.

Sinonieme

berserker

insane

furious

mad

frantic

loony

frenzied

demoniacal

maniac

amuck

batty

crazy

amok

possessed

nuts

demoniac

loco

maniacal

murderous

nut

nutty

ragging

raging

rapacious

raving

uncontrollable

violent

wacko

wacky

whacky

woolly-headed

wroth

zany

aboil

meshuggeneh

round the bend

rompish

meshugge

addlepated

luny

around the bend

balmy

barmy

bats

bonkers

crackers

crazed

cuckoo

delirious

distracted

enraged

foggy

🌁

fruity

haywire

kook

madwoman

Vertalings

Berserker

frenético

wütend

doorgedraaid

fou furieux

berserk

verrückt

rasend

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbɜːsɜːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Yslands: berserkur

Verwante met Boeknoors: berserk

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: berserk

Verwante met Sweeds: bärsärk

In summary

The noun is borrowed from Old Norse berserkr (“Norse warrior who fights in a frenzy”), probably from bjǫrn (“bear”) + serkr (“coat; shirt”), referring to the bearskins which the warriors wore. Bjǫrn is possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”); and serkr from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; thread”). Alternatively, it has been suggested that the first element of the word is from berr (“bare, naked”), referring to warriors who went into battle without armour, but this is now thought unlikely. Doublet of berserker.
The adjective is derived from the noun.
The verb might partly be a back-formation from berserker, analyzed as containing the suffix -er.
Cognates
* Icelandic berserkur
* Norwegian Bokmål berserk
* Norwegian Nynorsk berserk
* Swedish bärsärk

Sinne

However , the robot baby goes berserk and attacks Marcia .