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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ske.

be

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb[sɡ̊eˀ]

  1. be

  2. happen, occur

  3. take place

  4. come about

  5. be done, be made

    Ske Herrens vilje.
Where this word comes from

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. Norwegian skje and Swedish ske were also borrowed from Low German.

noun[sɡ̊eˀ]

  1. spoon

    common-gender

  2. ladle

    common-gender

  3. trowel

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

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.

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