morderske

From morder (the Bokmål word for “murderer”; Nynorsk mordar) +‎ -ske. Cognate with Danish morderske and Swedish mörderska.

• IPA^(key): /²ˈmurdərskə/, [²ˈmu̞rdərskə]
• Rhymes: -urdərskə

morderske f (definite singular morderska, indefinite plural mordersker, definite plural morderskene)

1. murderess (a woman who has committed murder)

   Synonym: drapskvinne f

   Coordinate term: mordar

   • 2020 January 11, Kaja Nylund, Rebekka 48 - Håpets lys‎^[1], →ISBN:

     Da æ spurt ka det sto i, fikk æ hør at han hadde gått hen og innlatt sæ med ei morderske.

     When I asked what it said, I was told that he had gone and got involved with a murderess.

Opposed to a drapskvinne, which implies neutrality, whereas morderske has an implied value judgement.

As in English, the term mordar is generally considered gender-neutral, and thus it is acceptable, even common practice, to call a morderske a mordar.