sker

See also: skèr and skêr

Danish

Verb

sker

1. present of ske (to happen)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sker, from Proto-Germanic *skarją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃeːr]

Noun

sker n (genitive singular skers, plural sker)

1. (nautical, geography) skerry, reef

Declension

Declension of sker
n22	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sker	skerið	sker	skerini
accusative	sker	skerið	sker	skerini
dative	skeri	skerinum	skerjum, skerum	skerjunum, skerunum
genitive	skers	skersins	skerja	skerjanna

Verb

sker

1. he, she, it cuts; third-person singular present of skera (to cut)
2. cut! imperative of skera

Conjugation

Conjugation of skera (group v-54)
infinitive	skera
supine	skorið
participle (a26)1	skerandi	skorin
	present	past
first singular	skeri	skar
second singular	skert	skart
third singular	sker	skar
plural	skera	skóru
	imperative
singular	sker!
plural	skerið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Verb

sker

1. it happens; third-person singular present of ske (to happen)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sker, from Proto-Germanic *skarją. Compare Middle Low German schere, German Schere (“gap”), Old English scorian (“to project; jut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /scɛːr/

  Rhymes: -ɛːr

Noun

sker n (genitive singular skers, nominative plural sker)

1. reef, rock, skerry

Declension

Declension of sker (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sker	skerið	sker	skerin
accusative	sker	skerið	sker	skerin
dative	skeri	skerinu	skerjum	skerjunum
genitive	skers	skersins	skerja	skerjanna

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *skarją. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Noun

sker n (genitive plural skerja)

1. rock in the sea, skerry

Declension

  Declension of sker (strong ja-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sker	skerit	sker	skerin
accusative	sker	skerit	sker	skerin
dative	skeri	skerinu	skerjum	skerjunum
genitive	skers	skersins	skerja	skerjanna

Descendants

• Danish: skær
• Icelandic: sker
• Faroese: sker
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjer
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjær
• Swedish: skär
• → Old Northern French: esquet, équet
• → Scots: skerry
  • → English: skerry

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sker

1. inflection of skera:
   1. first-person singular present indicative active
   2. second-person singular imperative active

References

• “sker”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch scheuren.

Verb

sker

1. to rip

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch scheren (“to shave”).

Verb

sker

1. to shave

Adjective

sker

1. In marble games, having lost and being unable to pay marbles due to having ran out of marbles completely.

Descendants

• → Dutch: skeer

Swedish

Verb

sker

1. present indicative of ske

Anagrams

• reks