From or related to Old Norse sker (“rock in the sea”). See also Swedish skär (“edge, skerry”), Danish skær, English shore.[1]
skör f (genitive singular skarar, nominative plural skarir)
From Old Swedish skør, skyr, from Low German schör (“weak, fragile”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *skuriz, derived from the verb *skeraną (“to cut”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk skjør.
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skör (comparative skörare, superlative skörast)
Inflection of skör | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skör | skörare | skörast |
Neuter singular | skört | skörare | skörast |
Plural | sköra | skörare | skörast |
Masculine plural3 | sköre | skörare | skörast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | sköre | skörare | sköraste |
All | sköra | skörare | sköraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |