skede

See also: šķēdē and šķēde

Danish

Etymology

From the Old Norse skeiðir (“sheath”), plural of skeið (“reed, sley”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz. The old singular is continued by the Danish noun ske (“spoon”).

Cognate with German Scheide, Dutch schede, and English sheath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɡ̊eːðə]

Noun

skede c (singular definite skeden, plural indefinite skeder)

1. sheath (scabbard, long case)
2. (somewhat clinical) vagina

Inflection

Declension of skede

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skede	skeden	skeder	skederne
genitive	skedes	skedens	skeders	skedernes

Synonyms

• (vagina): vagina

Derived terms

• skedevæg
• skedeåbning

 

See also

• skede on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Skede (kønsorgan) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Skede (hylster) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of skeittilauta (“skateboard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskede/, [ˈs̠ke̞de̞]
• Rhymes: -ede
• Syllabification^(key): ske‧de

Noun

skede

1. (colloquial) skateboard

Declension

Inflection of skede (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		skede	skedet
genitive		skeden	skedejen
partitive		skedeä	skedejä
illative		skedeen	skedeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		skede	skedet
accusative	nom.	skede	skedet
	gen.	skeden
genitive		skeden	skedejen skedeinrare
partitive		skedeä	skedejä
inessive		skedessä	skedeissä
elative		skedestä	skedeistä
illative		skedeen	skedeihin
adessive		skedellä	skedeillä
ablative		skedeltä	skedeiltä
allative		skedelle	skedeille
essive		skedenä	skedeinä
translative		skedeksi	skedeiksi
instructive		—	skedein
abessive		skedettä	skedeittä
comitative		—	skedeineen

Possessive forms of skede (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	skedeni	skedemme
2nd person	skedesi	skedenne
3rd person	skedensä

Related terms

• skedettää (verb)
• skedetys (noun)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skeið (“race; race course; piece of way; space of time”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþaną (“to separate”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

skede n

1. a stage, a phase (delimited part of something that happens)

   i ett tidigt skede

   at an early stage

   ett kritiskt skede

   a critical stage

   Synonym: stadium

Declension

Declension of skede
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skede	skedet	skeden	skedena
Genitive	skedes	skedets	skedens	skedenas

See also

• ske
• skeende