sker
Danish edit
Verb edit
sker
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sker, from Proto-Germanic *skarją.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sker n (genitive singular skers, plural sker)
Declension edit
Declension of sker | ||||
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n22 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sker | skerið | sker | skerini |
accusative | sker | skerið | sker | skerini |
dative | skeri | skerinum | skerjum, skerum | skerjunum, skerunum |
genitive | skers | skersins | skerja | skerjanna |
Verb edit
sker
- he, she, it cuts; third-person singular present of skera (to cut)
- cut! imperative of skera
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of skera (group v-54) | ||
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infinitive | skera | |
supine | skorið | |
participle (a26)1 | skerandi | skorin |
present | past | |
first singular | skeri | skar |
second singular | skert | skart |
third singular | sker | skar |
plural | skera | skóru |
imperative | ||
singular | sker! | |
plural | skerið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Verb edit
sker
- it happens; third-person singular present of ske (to happen)
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sker, from Proto-Germanic *skarją. Compare Middle Low German schere, German Schere (“gap”), Old English scorian (“to project; jut”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sker n (genitive singular skers, nominative plural sker)
Declension edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *skarją. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Noun edit
sker n (genitive plural skerja)
Declension edit
Declension of sker (strong ja-stem)
Descendants edit
- Danish: skær
- Icelandic: sker
- Faroese: sker
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skjer
- Norwegian Bokmål: skjær
- Swedish: skär
- → Old Northern French: esquet, équet
- → Scots: skerry
- → English: skerry
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
sker
- inflection of skera:
References edit
- “sker”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
sker
- to rip
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch scheren (“to shave”).
Verb edit
sker
- to shave
Adjective edit
sker
- In marble games, having lost and being unable to pay marbles due to having ran out of marbles completely.
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: skeer
Swedish edit
Verb edit
sker
- present indicative of ske