adjective · rare

berserk

ber·serk

berserk · more berserk · most berserk

щасливий, радісний

бешеный, неистовый, яростный, исступлённый

wütend, rasend, durchgedreht, ausgeflippt

Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of controlFuriously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.

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UK/ˈbɜːsɜːk/US/ˈbɚˌsɚk/

» Tom went berserk.

Tom ist völlig durchgedreht.

Том рехнулся.

Meaning

3 senses

Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.
After seeing his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a wild animal.
ausgeflippt, durchgedreht, rasend
бе́шеныйbéšenyj, исступлённыйisstupljónnyj, я́ростныйjárostnyj
wildly frenzied and out of control
(broadly)Bizarre; weird.
(broadly, dialectal, rare, slang)Wildly joyous; ecstatic.

Examples

12 sentences

Tom went berserk.
ruТом рехнулся.
deTom ist völlig durchgedreht.
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He went berserk when he heard that.
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Cookie has gone berserk and is killing townspeople.
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The crowd went berserk when the band started playing.
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A critically wounded elephant went berserk and attacked every living thing in his path.
deEin ernsthaft verwundeter Elefant drehte durch und attackierte alles, was ihm im Weg stand.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control:

Origin

The noun is borrowed from Old Norse berserkr (“Norse warrior who fights in a frenzy”), pro

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.

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