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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse skera (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”), cognate with Swedish skära, English shear, German scheren.
Verb
skære (past tense skar, past participle skåret, attributive common skåren, attributive definite or plural skårne)
- cut (to make a cut with a knife or a sword)
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Etymology 2
Derived from the adjective or noun skær.
Verb
skære (past tense skærede, past participle skæret)
- (obsolete) to shine
- 1934, Marie Bregendahl, Holger Hauge og hans Hustru, repr. 2017 / https://books.google.dk/books?id=uCskDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT468
Jo, ser du, det var blevet ud paa Natten, jeg antager, Klokken var omkring to, for det begyndte at skære af Morgen.- Well, you see, it was late night, I suppose, around 2 o'clock, for it was starting to shine like morning.
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Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
skære
- definite singular of skær
- plural of skær