skille

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (to separate, limit), cognate with Swedish skilja, English skill (partly from Old Norse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skelə/, [ˈsɡ̊elə]

Verb

skille (past tense skilte, past participle skilt)

  1. (transitive) to separate (divide (a thing) into separate parts)
  2. (intransitive) to separate, come apart (of a sauce or cloths)
  3. (reflexive, intransitive) to separate, divide (to be divided in separate parts)
  4. (passive voice, intransitive) to separate, get a divorce

Conjugation

Conjugation of skille
active passive
present skiller skilles
past skilte skiltes
infinitive skille skilles
imperative skil
participle
present skillende
past skilt
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund skillen

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skilja.

Noun

skille n (definite singular skillet, indefinite plural skiller, definite plural skilla or skillene)

  1. divide, division, partition, dividing line

Derived terms

Verb

skille (imperative skill, present tense skiller, simple past skilte, past participle skilt, present participle skillende)

  1. to separate
  2. to divide
  3. (reflexive) to differ (fra / from)
  4. to distinguish (mellom / between)

Derived terms

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