skinne

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skenə/, [ˈsɡ̊enə]

Etymology 1

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

skinne c (singular definite skinnen, plural indefinite skinner)

1. rail
2. band
3. splint
4. rail (of a railway or tramway)

Inflection

Declension of skinne

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skinne	skinnen	skinner	skinnerne
genitive	skinnes	skinnens	skinners	skinnernes

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

1. shine
2. gleam
3. glimmer

Middle English

Noun

skinne

1. Alternative form of skyn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Schiene.

Noun

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

1. a rail (on a railway or tramway)

Derived terms

• énskinnebane

See also

• skjene (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skína.

Verb

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

1. to shine

Related terms

• skinn (Etymology 2)

See also

• skina, skine (Nynorsk)

References

• “skinne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.