ske

See also: -ške

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɡ̊eˀ]

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• Rhymes: -eːˀ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German schēn, 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.

Verb

ske (imperative ske, infinitive at ske, present tense sker, past tense skete, perfect tense er sket)

1. be
2. happen, occur
3. take place
4. come about
5. be done, be made

Synonyms

• hænde
• finde sted

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: skje
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: skje
• → Icelandic: ske
• → Faroese: ske

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

ske c (singular definite skeen, plural indefinite skeer)

1. spoon
2. ladle
3. trowel

Inflection

Declension of ske

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ske	skeen	skeer	skeerne
genitive	skes	skeens	skeers	skeernes

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Faroese

Etymology

From Danish ske, from Middle Low German schên.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeː/, /skeː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ske (third person singular past indicative skeddi, third person plural past indicative skett, supine skett)

1. (archaic, colloquial) to happen, occur

Synonyms

• (occur): henda

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish ske, from Middle Low German schên.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /scɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Verb

ske (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skeði, supine skeð)

1. to happen, occur

   Hvernig getur svona skeð?

   How can something like this happen?

Synonyms

• (occur): eiga sér stað, gerast, henda

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Middle English

Noun

ske

1. Alternative form of sky

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ske, from Middle Low German schên. Cognate with Danish ske, Norwegian skje, German geschehen, Dutch geschieden, Limburgish sji-jje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧeː/

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• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ske (present sker, preterite skedde, supine skett, imperative ske)

1. (impersonal) to happen; in particular what happens during some extended period of time

Conjugation

Conjugation of ske (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ske		—
Supine	skett		—
Imperative	ske		—
Imper. plural1	sken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sker	skedde	—	—
Ind. plural1	ske	skedde	—	—
Subjunctive2	ske	skedde	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	skeende
Past participle	skedd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• hända

Derived terms

• det som sker, det sker

Anagrams

• Eks, eks

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Tocharian A

Etymology

Compare Tocharian B skeye.

Noun

ske

1. zeal, effort