ske

See also: -ške

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɡ̊eˀ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eːˀ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German schēn, from Old Saxon skehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną (“to move quickly, emerge”).

Cognate with German geschehen and Dutch geschieden. Norwegian skje and Swedish ske were also borrowed from Low German.

Verb

ske (imperative ske, infinitive at ske, present tense sker, past tense skete, perfect tense er sket)

1. be
2. happen, occur
3. take place
4. come about
5. be done, be made

   Ske Herrens vilje. ― The Lord's will be done.

Synonyms

• hænde
• finde sted

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: skje
• → Icelandic: ske
• → Faroese: ske
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: skje; (dialectal) ski

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skeið f (“reed, sley”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath, covering”), which is also continued by the Danish noun skede (“sheath”) (an old plural, cf. Old Norse skeiðir f pl (“sheath”)). Cognate with Norwegian skje (“spoon”) and skjede (“sheath”), Swedish sked (“spoon”), German Scheide (“sheath”) and English sheath.

Noun

ske c (singular definite skeen, plural indefinite skeer)

1. spoon
2. ladle
3. trowel

Inflection

Declension of ske

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ske	skeen	skeer	skeerne
genitive	skes	skeens	skeers	skeernes

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish ske, from Middle Low German schên.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeː/, /skeː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ske (third person singular past indicative skeddi, third person plural past indicative skeddu, supine skett)

1. (archaic, colloquial) to happen, occur

Synonyms

• (occur): henda

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish ske, from Middle Low German schên, from Old Saxon skehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /scɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Verb

ske (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skeði, supine skeð)

1. to happen, occur

   Synonyms: eiga sér stað, gerast, henda

   Hvernig getur svona skeð?

   How can something like this happen?

Middle English

Noun

ske

1. Alternative form of sky

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• skä (Föhr-Amrum)
• schiinj (Mooring)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skehan.

Verb

ske

1. (Sylt) to happen

Conjugation

Conjugation of ske (Sylt dialect)

infinitive I	ske
infinitive II	(tö) sken
past participle	sken
	present	past
3rd-person singular	sket	sket
3rd-person plural	ske	sket
	perfect	pluperfect
3rd-person singular	es sken	wiar sken
3rd-person plural	sen sken	wiar sken
	future (skel)	future (wel)
3rd-person singular	skel ske	wel ske
3rd-person plural	skel ske	wel ske

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ske, from Middle Low German schên, from Old Saxon skehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan.

Cognate with Danish ske, Norwegian skje, German geschehen, Dutch geschieden, Limburgish sji-jje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧeː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ske (present sker, preterite skedde, supine skett, imperative ske)

1. (intransitive) to happen; in particular what happens during some extended period of time

Conjugation

Conjugation of ske (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	ske		—
supine	skett		—
imperative	ske		—
imper. plural1	sken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	sker	skedde	—	—
ind. plural1	ske	skedde	—	—
subjunctive2	ske	skedde	—	—
present participle		skeende
past participle		skedd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• hända

Derived terms

• det som sker, det sker

Anagrams

• Eks, eks

Tocharian A

Etymology

Compare Tocharian B skeye.

Noun

ske

1. zeal, effort