skje

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃeː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skeið (“(war) ship; sheath; reed, sley”), cognate with Danish ske and Swedish sked.

Alternative forms

Noun

skje f or m (definite singular skjea or skjeen, indefinite plural skjeer, definite plural skjeene)

  1. a spoon
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German schen, geschen, cognate with Danish ske, Dutch geschieden, German geschehen and Limburgish sji-jje.

Verb

skje (imperative skje, present tense skjer, simple past skjedde, past participle skjedd)

  1. to happen, occur

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German schen, geschen, cognate with Danish ske, Dutch geschieden, and Limburgish sji-jje.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃeː/

Verb

skje (imperative skje, present tense skjer, simple past skjedde, past participle skjedd or skjett)

  1. to happen, occur

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
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