sker
Danish
Verb
sker
- present of ske (to happen)
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse sker, from Proto-Germanic *skarją.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃeːr]
Noun
sker n (genitive singular skers, plural sker)
- (nautical, geography) skerry, reef
Declension
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
sker
- he, she, it cuts; third-person singular present of skera (to cut)
- cut! imperative of skera
Conjugation
Conjugation of skera
v-54 | ||||
infinitive | skera | |||
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present participle | skerandi | |||
past participle a26 | skorin | |||
supine | skorið | |||
number | singular | plural | ||
person | first | second | third | all |
indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
present | skeri | skert | sker | skera |
past | skar | skart | skar | skóru |
imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
present | — | sker! | — | skerið! |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse sker, from Proto-Germanic *skarją. Compare Middle Low German schere, German Schere (“gap”), Old English scorian (“to project; jut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /scɛːr/
- Rhymes: -ɛːr
Noun
sker n (genitive singular skers, nominative plural sker)
- reef, rock, skerry
Declension
declension of sker
n-s | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sker | skerið | sker | skerin |
accusative | sker | skerið | sker | skerin |
dative | skeri | skerinu | skerjum | skerjunum |
genitive | skers | skersins | skerja | skerjanna |
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Dutch scheuren.
Verb
sker
- to rip
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch scheren (“to shave”).
Verb
sker
- to shave
Adjective
sker
- In marble games, having lost and being unable to pay marbles due to having ran out of marbles completely.
Descendants
- → Dutch: skeer
Swedish
Verb
sker
- present tense of ske.