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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

skinne.

rail

6 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/skenə/[ˈsɡ̊enə]

  1. rail

    common-gender

  2. band

    common-gender

  3. splint

    common-gender

  4. rail (of a railway or tramway)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German schene (“little plate”) or from German Schiene (“rail, splint”), from Old Saxon or Old High German skina, all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skinu (“track, bar”).

verb/skenə/[ˈsɡ̊enə]

  1. shine

  2. gleam

  3. glimmer

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse skína (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine, appear”).

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