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Danish
Etymology
From må (“may, might”) + ske (“happen”), after Middle Low German machschēn (“mayhap”). Compare with Norwegian kanskje and Swedish kanske. Compare also English mayhap and Dutch misschien.
Pronunciation
Adverb
måske
- perhaps, possibly, maybe
Synonyms