skapa

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See also: skápa, skåpa, skąpa, and skąpą

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse skapa (to create).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

skapa

  1. (God) to create
  2. to create, make, manufacture

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of skapa (group v-29-30)
infinitive skapa
supine skapað
participle (a5
(a39)/a6)1
skapandi skaptur/
skapaður
present past
first singular skapi skapti/
skapaði
second singular skapar skapti/
skapaði
third singular skapar skapti/
skapaði
plural skapa skaptu/
skapaðu
imperative
singular skapa!
plural skapið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

skapa

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌰

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse skapa (to create).

Verb[edit]

skapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skapaði, supine skapað)

  1. to create
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of skap

Noun[edit]

skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sköp

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

skapa n

  1. definite plural of skap

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse skapa. Akin to English shape.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

skapa (present tense skapar or skaper, past tense skapa or skapte, past participle skapa or skapt, present participle skapande, imperative skap)

  1. to create
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Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

skapa n

  1. definite plural of skap

References[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (to make, create, shape). Cognate with Old English scieppan, Old Frisian skeppa, Old Saxon skeppian, Old High German skaffan.

Verb[edit]

skapa (singular past indicative skóp, plural past indicative skópu, past participle skapaðr)

  1. to shape, make, create

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: skapa
  • Faroese: skapa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skape
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skape, skapa
  • Old Swedish: skapa
  • Danish: skabe

References[edit]

  • skapa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse skapa, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną.

Verb[edit]

skapa

  1. to create, to produce

Conjugation[edit]

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish skapa, from Old Norse skapa (to create), from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Related to German schaffen and English shape.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /skɑːpa/

Verb[edit]

skapa (present skapar, preterite skapade, supine skapat, imperative skapa)

  1. to create; to make, to manufacture; to put into existence, chiefly by a creative act

Usage notes[edit]

  • As an antiquated past participle, skapt is also used. See also förena

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