skära

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧæːˌra/

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From Old Swedish skæra, from Old Norse skera (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

skära

1. to cut; to perform an incision
2. to cut; to make reductions in a budget
3. to cut; to divide something with a knife, etc.
4. (reflexive) to cut oneself; to accidentally or intentionally hurt oneself with a sharp object
5. (reflexive) to curdle, said of milk, a sauce, etc.
6. (geometry) to cut; to intersect; to cross
7. (archaic) to purify, to cleanse one's soul

• (to perform an incision): snitta

skära c

1. sickle

• hammaren och skäran
• månskära

skära

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of skär.