skapa

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See also: skápa, skåpa, skąpa, and skąpą

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skapa (to create).

Pronunciation

Verb

skapa

  1. (God) to create
  2. to create, make, manufacture

Conjugation

Conjugation of skapa (group v-29-30)
infinitive skapa
supine skapað
participle (a5
(a39)/a6)1
skapandi skaptur/
skapaður
present past
first singular skapi skapti/
skapaði
second singular skapar skapti/
skapaði
third singular skapar skapti/
skapaði
plural skapa skaptu/
skapaðu
imperative
singular skapa!
plural skapið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Gothic

Romanization

skapa

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skapa (to create).

Verb

skapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skapaði, supine skapað)

  1. to create
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of skap

Noun

skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sköp

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skapa n

  1. definite plural of skap

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skapa. Akin to English shape.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

skapa (present tense skapar or skaper, past tense skapa or skapte, past participle skapa or skapt, present participle skapande, imperative skap)

  1. to create
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

skapa n

  1. definite plural of skap

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (to make, create, shape). Cognate with Old English scieppan, Old Frisian skeppa, Old Saxon skeppian, Old High German skaffan.

Verb

skapa (singular past indicative skóp, plural past indicative skópu, past participle skapaðr)

  1. to shape, make, create

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skapa
  • Faroese: skapa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skape
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skape, skapa
  • Old Swedish: skapa
  • Danish: skabe

References

  • skapa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skapa, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną.

Verb

skapa

  1. to create, to produce

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skapa, from Old Norse skapa (to create), from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Related to German schaffen and English shape.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /skɑːpa/

Verb

skapa (present skapar, preterite skapade, supine skapat, imperative skapa)

  1. to create; to make, to manufacture; to put into existence, chiefly by a creative act

Usage notes

  • As an antiquated past participle, skapt is also used. See also förena

Conjugation

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