skalte

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German schalten (“to switch”), from Old High German scaltan (“to push a ship forward”), from Proto-Germanic *skaldaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɡaltə/, [ˈsɡ̊ald̥ə]

Verb

skalte (past tense skaltede, past participle skaltet)

  1. (archaic) to rule, dispose
    in the modern language only in the phrase: skalte og valte (“to treat as one likes”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skalte
active passive
present skalter skaltes
past skaltede skaltedes
infinitive skalte skaltes
imperative skalt —
participle
present skaltende
past skaltet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund skalten

Derived terms

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