skalte
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from German schalten (“to switch”), from Old High German scaltan (“to push a ship forward”), from Proto-Germanic *skaldaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɡaltə/, [ˈsɡ̊ald̥ə]
Verb
skalte (past tense skaltede, past participle skaltet)
- (archaic) to rule, dispose
- in the modern language only in the phrase: skalte og valte (“to treat as one likes”)
Inflection
Inflection of skalte
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | skalter | skaltede |
| perfect | har skaltet | havde skaltet |
| passive | skaltes | skaltedes |
| participle | skaltende | skaltet |
| imperative | skalt | — |
| infinitive | skalte | — |
| auxiliary verb | have | — |
| gerund | skalten | — |
Derived terms
- skalte ud