berserk
To be or become berserkTo be or become berserk.
» Tom went berserk.
Tom ist völlig durchgedreht. — wolfgangth
Том рехнулся. — shanghainese
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2 senses(intransitive)To be or become berserk.
(transitive)To make berserk.
Examples
12 sentencesTom went berserk.
ruТом рехнулся. — shanghainese
deTom ist völlig durchgedreht. — wolfgangth
He went berserk when he heard that.
Cookie has gone berserk and is killing townspeople.
The crowd went berserk when the band started playing.
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. — Sudajaengi
Origin
The noun is borrowed from Old Norse berserkr (“Norse warrior who fights in a frenzy”), proThe 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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Forms
berserks, berserking, berserked, berserkedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle