skapa

See also: skąpa and skąpą

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skapa (to create)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈskɛapa]

Verb

skapa

  1. (God) to create
  2. to create, make, manufacture

Conjugation


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaːpa/
    Rhymes: -aːpa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skapa (to create).

Verb

skapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skapaði, supine skapað)

  1. to create
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of skap

Noun

skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sköp

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skapa n

  1. definite plural of skap

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skapa. Akin to English shape.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²skɑːpɑ/

Verb

skapa (present tense skapar or skaper, past tense skapa or skapte, past participle skapa or skapt, present participle skapande, imperative skap)

  1. to create

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑːpɑ/

Noun

skapa n

  1. definite plural of skap

References


Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • skepja

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (to make, create, shape). Cognate with Old English scieppan, Old Frisian skeppa, Old Saxon skeppian, Old High German skaffan, Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skapjan).

Verb

skapa (singular past indicative skóp, plural past indicative skópu, past participle skapaðr)

  1. to shape, make, create

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • skapa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skapa, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną.

Verb

skapa

  1. to create, to produce

Conjugation

Descendants


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skapa, from Old Norse skapa (to create), from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Related to German schaffen and English shape.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /skɑːpa/

Verb

skapa (present skapar, preterite skapade, supine skapat, imperative skapa)

  1. to create; to make, to manufacture; to put into existence, chiefly by a creative act

Usage notes

  • As an antiquated past participle, skapt is also used. See also förena

Conjugation


Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse skapa, skepja, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną.

Verb

skapa (preterite skop or skapa, supine skapa)

  1. (transitive) create
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