sker

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See also: skèr and skêr

Danish

Verb

sker

  1. present of ske (to happen)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sker, from Proto-Germanic *skarją.

Pronunciation

Noun

sker n (genitive singular skers, plural sker)

  1. (nautical, geography) skerry, reef

Declension

Declension of sker
n22 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sker skerið sker skerini
accusative sker skerið sker skerini
dative skeri skerinum skerjum, skerum skerjunum, skerunum
genitive skers skersins skerja skerjanna

Verb

sker

  1. he, she, it cuts; third-person singular present of skera (to cut)
  2. cut! imperative of skera

Conjugation

Conjugation of skera (group v-54)
infinitive skera
supine skorið
participle (a26)1 skerandi skorin
present past
first singular skeri skar
second singular skert skart
third singular sker skar
plural skera skóru
imperative
singular sker!
plural skerið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Verb

sker

  1. it happens; third-person singular present of ske (to happen)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sker, from Proto-Germanic *skarją. Compare Middle Low German schere, German Schere (“gap”), Old English scorian (“to project; jut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sker n (genitive singular skers, nominative plural sker)

  1. reef, rock, skerry

Declension

declension of sker
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sker skerið sker skerin
accusative sker skerið sker skerin
dative skeri skerinu skerjum skerjunum
genitive skers skersins skerja skerjanna

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skarją. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Noun

sker n (genitive plural skerja)

  1. rock in the sea, skerry
Declension
  Declension of sker (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sker skerit sker skerin
accusative sker skerit sker skerin
dative skeri skerinu skerjum skerjunum
genitive skers skersins skerja skerjanna
Descendants
  • Danish: skær
  • Icelandic: sker
  • Faroese: sker
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjær
  • Swedish: skär
  • → Old Northern French: esquet, équet
  • → Scots: skerry

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sker

  1. inflection of skera:
    1. first-person singular present indicative active
    2. second-person singular imperative active

References

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch scheuren.

Verb

sker

  1. to rip

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch scheren (“to shave”).

Verb

sker

  1. to shave

Adjective

sker

  1. In marble games, having lost and being unable to pay marbles due to having ran out of marbles completely.

Descendants

Swedish

Verb

sker

  1. present indicative of ske

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