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skade.

damage, harm

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/skaːðə/[ˈsɡ̊æðð̩]

  1. damage, harm

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish skathi, skatha (“(oblique case)”), from Old Norse skaði, from Proto-Germanic *skaþô, from Proto-Indo-European *sket- (“to injure”); akin to German Schaden, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍃 (skaþis), Ancient Greek ἀσκηθής (askēthḗs, “unhurt, undamaged”), and English scathe.

verb/skaːðə/[ˈsɡ̊æðð̩]

  1. to harm, damage

  2. to hurt, injure

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish skathæ, from Old Norse skaða.

noun/skaːðə/[ˈsɡ̊æðð̩]

  1. skate (fish) (Rajidae)

    common-gender

  2. magpie (Pica pica)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish skatæ, from Old Norse skata.

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