skinne
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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German schene (“little plate”) or from German Schiene (“rail, splint”), from Old Saxon or Old High German skina, all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skinu (“track, bar”).
Noun
skinne c (singular definite skinnen, plural indefinite skinner)
Inflection
Declension of skinne
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skinne | skinnen | skinner | skinnerne |
| genitive | skinnes | skinnens | skinners | skinnernes |
Etymology 2
From Old Norse skína (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine, appear”).
Verb
skinne (imperative skin, infinitive at skinne, present tense skinner, past tense skinnede, perfect tense har skinnet)
Middle English
Noun
skinne
- Alternative form of skyn
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
skinne f or m (definite singular skinna or skinnen, indefinite plural skinner, definite plural skinnene)
- a rail (on a railway or tramway)
Derived terms
See also
- skjene (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
Verb
skinne (imperative skinn, present tense skinner, simple past skinte or skein, past participle skint, present participle skinnende)
- to shine
Related terms
- skinn (Etymology 2)
See also
References
- “skinne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.