skinne

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skenə/, [ˈsɡ̊enə]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German schene (“little plate”) or from German Schiene (“rail, splint”).

Noun

skinne c (singular definite skinnen, plural indefinite skinner)

  1. rail
  2. band
  3. splint
  4. rail (of a railway or tramway)
Inflection
Declension of skinne
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skinne skinnen skinner skinnerne
genitive skinnes skinnens skinners skinnernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skína (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine, appear”).

Verb

skinne (imperative skin, infinitive at skinne, present tense skinner, past tense skinnede, perfect tense har skinnet)

  1. shine
  2. gleam
  3. glimmer

Middle English

Noun

skinne

  1. Alternative form of skyn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Schiene

Noun

skinne f or m (definite singular skinna or skinnen, indefinite plural skinner, definite plural skinnene)

  1. a rail (on a railway or tramway)
Derived terms

See also
  • skjene (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skína

Verb

skinne (imperative skinn, present tense skinner, simple past skinte or skein, past participle skint, present participle skinnende)

  1. to shine

See also

References
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