skje
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Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse skeið (“(war) ship; sheath; reed, sley”), cognate with Danish ske and Swedish sked.
Alternative forms
Noun
skje f or m (definite singular skjea or skjeen, indefinite plural skjeer, definite plural skjeene)
- a spoon
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German schen, geschen, cognate with Danish ske, Dutch geschieden, German geschehen and Limburgish sji-jje, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną (“to spring, come up, emerge, happen”).
Verb
skje (imperative skje, present tense skjer, simple past skjedde, past participle skjedd)
References
- “skje” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German schen, geschen, cognate with Danish ske, Dutch geschieden, and Limburgish sji-jje.
Pronunciation
Verb
skje (imperative skje, present tense skjer, simple past skjedde, past participle skjedd or skjett)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “skje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.