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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed via English skate from Dutch schaats, which is itself borrowed from Old Northern French escache (“stilt”) (French échasse).
Pronunciation
Noun
skøjte c (singular definite skøjten, plural indefinite skøjter)
- skate, ice skate
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Verb
skøjte (past tense skøjtede, past participle skøjtet)
- to skate
- (figuratively) to slide
- at skøjte hen over ― to slide over
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