ske

• IPA^(key): [sɡ̊eˀ]

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• Rhymes: -eːˀ

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.

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.

• hænde
• finde sted

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

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.

ske c (singular definite skeen, plural indefinite skeer)

1. spoon
2. ladle
3. trowel

From Danish ske, from Middle Low German schên.

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

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

1. (archaic, colloquial) to happen, occur

• (occur): henda

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

• IPA^(key): /scɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

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

1. to happen, occur

   Hvernig getur svona skeð?

   How can something like this happen?

• (occur): eiga sér stað, gerast, henda

ske

1. Alternative form of sky

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɧeː/

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• Rhymes: -eː

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

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

• hända

• det som sker, det sker

• Eks, eks

Compare Tocharian B skeye.

ske

1. zeal, effort