skinne

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /skenə/, [ˈsɡ̊enə]

Etymology 1[edit]

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).

Noun[edit]

skinne c (singular definite skinnen, plural indefinite skinner)

  1. rail
  2. band
  3. splint
  4. rail (of a railway or tramway)
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Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

skinne (imperative skin, infinitive at skinne, present tense skinner, past tense skinnede, perfect tense har skinnet)

  1. shine
  2. gleam
  3. glimmer

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

skinne

  1. Alternative form of skyn

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From German Schiene.

Noun[edit]

skinne f or m (definite singular skinna or skinnen, indefinite plural skinner, definite plural skinnene)

  1. a rail (on a railway or tramway)
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse skína.

Verb[edit]

skinne (imperative skinn, present tense skinner, simple past skinte or skein, past participle skint, present participle skinnende)

  1. to shine
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