skinne
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German schene (“little plate”) or from German Schiene (“rail, splint”), from Old Saxon or Old High German skina, all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skinu (“track, bar”).
Noun edit
skinne c (singular definite skinnen, plural indefinite skinner)
Inflection edit
Declension of skinne
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skinne | skinnen | skinner | skinnerne |
genitive | skinnes | skinnens | skinners | skinnernes |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse skína (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine, appear”).
Verb edit
skinne (imperative skin, infinitive at skinne, present tense skinner, past tense skinnede, perfect tense har skinnet)
Middle English edit
Noun edit
skinne
- Alternative form of skyn
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
skinne f or m (definite singular skinna or skinnen, indefinite plural skinner, definite plural skinnene)
- a rail (on a railway or tramway)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- skjene (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
skinne (imperative skinn, present tense skinner, simple past skinte or skein, past participle skint, present participle skinnende)
- to shine
Related terms edit
- skinn (Etymology 2)
See also edit
References edit
- “skinne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.