-skap
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
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-skap
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Cognate with English -scape and -ship. When Norwegian borrowed words from Dutch, Middle Low German, or Middle High German or German containing the suffixes -schap or -schaft, it used this suffix to loan-translate those as well.
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-skap
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See also edit
References edit
- “-skap” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Cognate with English -scape and -ship. When Norwegian borrowed words from Dutch, Middle Low German, or Middle High German or German containing the suffixes -schap or -schaft, it used this suffix to loan-translate those as well.
Suffix edit
-skap m (definite singular -skapen, indefinite plural -skapar, definite plural -skapane)
- (nouns from nouns): -ship, -hood
- (nouns from adjectives): -ness, -ity
- (nouns from adjectives): -ship, -hood
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Etymology 2 edit
Similar to above.
Suffix edit
-skap m or n
Etymology 3 edit
Similar to above.
Suffix edit
-skap n (definite singular -skapet, indefinite plural -skap, definite plural -skapa)
See also edit
References edit
- “-skap” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz.
Suffix edit
-skap n or c