-ske

from Low German -sche, a noun suffix in the feminine of the adjective suffix -sch, corresponding to Old Norse -skr, see Danish -sk. The suffix mixed with the feminine suffix -se of Old French -esse.

• IPA^(key): [-sɡə]

-ske

1. (now rare) Denotes a woman occupied with an activity, especially a profession.

In modern times, unsuffixed words are interpreted gender-neutrally, hence most words formed with this suffix are dated. A notable exception is sygeplejerske (“nurse”), which is now a unisex term; the unmarked sygeplejer refers to a different profession.

• -inde, -esse

• IPA^(key): /-skə/

-ske

1. Used to form female demonyms.
2. Used to form female occupational nouns.

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “-ske”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN