skytte

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skøtə/, [ˈsɡ̊ød̥ə]

Etymology 1

Noun

skytte c (singular definite skytten, plural indefinite skytter)

  1. marksman
  2. shooter
  3. gamekeeper
  4. rifleman
  5. Sagittarius (someone with a Sagittarius star sign)
Inflection
Declension of skytte
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skytte skytten skytter skytterne
genitive skyttes skyttens skytters skytternes

Etymology 2

Noun

skytte c (singular definite skytten, plural indefinite skytter)

  1. shuttle
Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skytte m

  1. Sagittarius (Someone with a Sagittarius star sign)

Swedish

Etymology

From the verb skytta, which is no longer in use. Compare the similar construction fiske (“fishing”), from fiska (“to fish”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ɧʏtɛ/

Noun

skytte n

  1. shooting (the act of shooting)
    Jag ska testa pistolskytte.
    I'm going to try pistol shooting.
    Hon har vunnit ett OS-guld och ett OS-silver i skytte.
    She has won two Olympic golds and one Olympic silver in shooting.

Declension
Declension of skytte 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skytte skyttet skytten skyttena
Genitive skyttes skyttets skyttens skyttenas

Derived terms
  • bågskytte
  • lerduveskytte
  • orienteringsskytte
  • pistolskytte
  • skidskytte
  • sportskytte
  • springskytte

References
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