ske

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See also: skʼe and -ške

Translingual

Etymology

From English Ske.

Symbol

ske

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ske.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Ske terms

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skeː/, [ˈsɡ̊eˀ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːˀ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German schēn, from Old Saxon skehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną (“to move quickly, emerge”).

Cognate with German geschehen and Dutch geschieden. Swedish ske was also borrowed from Low German.

Verb

ske (imperative ske, infinitive at ske, present tense sker, past tense skete, perfect tense sket)

  1. to be
  2. to happen, occur
  3. to take place
  4. to come about
  5. to be done, be made
    Ske Herrens vilje. ― The Lord's will be done.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ske
active passive
infinitive ske —
present sker —
past skete —
imperative ske —
participle
present -
past (have / havde / er / var) sket
gerund —
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • usket
Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skje
  • → Icelandic: ske
  • → Faroese: ske
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: skje; (dialectal) ski

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse skeið f (“reed, sley”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath, covering”), which is also continued by the Danish noun skede (“sheath”) (an old plural, cf. Old Norse skeiðir f pl (“sheath”)). Cognate with Norwegian skje (“spoon”) and skjede (“sheath”), Swedish sked (“spoon”), German Scheide (“sheath”) and English sheath.

Noun

ske c (singular definite skeen, plural indefinite skeer)

  1. spoon
  2. ladle
  3. trowel
Declension
Declension of ske
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ske skeen skeer skeerne
genitive skes skeens skeers skeernes
Derived terms
  • barneske
  • dessertske
  • fugeske
  • grydeske
  • hulske
  • kartoffelske
  • mokkaske
  • måleske
  • planteske
  • potageske
  • skeand
  • skeformet
  • skefuld
  • spiseske
  • suppeske
  • sølvske
  • teske
  • tinske
  • træske

See also

References

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish ske, from Middle Low German schên.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeː/, /skeː/
  • Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ske (third person singular past indicative skeddi, third person plural past indicative skeddu, supine skett)

  1. (archaic, colloquial) to happen, occur
    Synonym: henda
    Hvussu kundi sovorðið ske?
    How could something like this happen?

Conjugation

Conjugation of ske
infinitive ske
supine skett
present past
first singular - -
second singular - -
third singular sker skeddi
plural ske skeddu
participle - skeddur
imperative
singular —
plural —

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish ske, from Middle Low German schên, from Old Saxon skehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈscɛː]
  • Rhymes: -ɛː

Verb

ske (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skeði, supine skeð)

  1. to happen, occur
    Synonyms: eiga sér stað, gerast, henda
    Hvernig getur svona skeð? ― How can something like this happen?

Middle English

Noun

ske

  1. alternative form of sky

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skehan.

Verb

ske

  1. (Sylt) to happen

Conjugation

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ske, from Middle Low German schên, from Old Saxon skehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan.

Cognate with Danish ske, Norwegian skje, German geschehen, Dutch geschieden, Limburgish sji-jje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɧeː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ske (present sker, preterite skedde, supine skett, imperative ske)

  1. (intransitive) to happen; in particular what happens during some extended period of time

Conjugation

Conjugation of ske (weak)
active passive
infinitive ske —
supine skett —
imperative ske —
imper. plural1 sken —
present past present past
indicative sker skedde — —
ind. plural1 ske skedde — —
subjunctive2 ske skedde — —
present participle skeende
past participle skedd

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Anagrams

Tocharian A

Etymology

Compare Tocharian B skeye.

Noun

ske

  1. zeal, effort