måske
See also: maske, Maske, Mäske, and maskę
Danish
Etymology
From må (“may, might”) + ske (“happen”), after Middle Low German machschēn (“mayhap”). Compare with Norwegian kanskje and Swedish kanske. Compare also English mayhap and Dutch misschien.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔskeː/, [mɔˈsɡ̊eːˀ], IPA(key): /moskeː/, [moˈsɡ̊eːˀ], IPA(key): /mɔske/, [ˌmɔsɡ̊e] or IPA(key): /mɔske/, [ˌmɔsɡ̊e]
Adverb
måske
- perhaps, possibly, maybe
Synonyms
- muligvis
- (dated) kanske