sker

See also: skèr and skêr

Danish

Verb

sker

  1. present of ske (to happen)

Faroese

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *skarją.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃeːr]

Noun

sker n (genitive singular skers, plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

  1. (nautical, geography) skerry, reef

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) skar
plural skera skóru
imperative
singular Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)!
plural skerið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Verb

sker

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

Icelandic

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *skarją. Compare Middle Low German schere, German Schere (“gap”), Old English scorian (“to project; jut”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /scɛːr/
    Rhymes: -ɛːr

Noun

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  1. reef, rock, skerry

Declension
declension of sker
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) skerið Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) skerin
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) skerið Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) 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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) skerit Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) skerin
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) skerit Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) skerin
dative skeri skerinu skerjum skerjunum
genitive skers skersins skerja skerjanna
Descendants
  • Danish: skær
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • 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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