skarp

From Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

skarp (neuter singular skarpt, definite singular and plural skarpe, comparative skarpere, indefinite superlative skarpest, definite superlative skarpeste)

1. sharp

• uskarp

• skarphet

• “skarp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

skarp (neuter skarpt, definite singular and plural skarpe, comparative skarpare, indefinite superlative skarpast, definite superlative skarpaste)

1. sharp

• slø, uskarp

• “skarp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /skarp/
• Rhymes: -arp
• Syllabification: skarp
• Homophone: skarb

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skarp m anim

1. turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

   Synonym: turbot

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

skarp f

1. genitive plural of skarpa

• skarp in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Swedish skarper, from Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

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skarp (comparative skarpare, superlative skarpast)

1. sharp; able to cut easily

   Synonym: vass

   en skarp kniv

   a sharp knife

2. sharp, cutting

   skarp kritik

   sharp criticism

3. strong (about smells)
4. poignant, pungent; such as the smell of ammonia
5. (firearms) live (with lethal ammunition as opposed to blank rounds)

   Antonym: lös

6. real-life, real (of a situation or the like)

   Vi trodde det var ett falskt alarm, men det visade sig vara skarpt läge

   We thought it was a false alarm, but it turned out to be real ("sharp situation")

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• skarp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skarp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skarp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skarp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• karps, parks, spark