skov

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish skogh, from Old Norse skógr, from Proto-Germanic *skōgaz. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål skog, Norwegian Nynorsk skog, Swedish skog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɡ̊ɒwˀ]

Noun

skov c (singular definite skoven, plural indefinite skove)

  1. forest
  2. (graph theory) forest

Inflection

Declension of skov
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skov skoven skove skovene
genitive skovs skovens skoves skovenes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skov

  1. past of skava

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish skof (“push”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną. Cognate of English shove. Compare German Schub (“[medical] phase”).

Noun

skov n

  1. (medicine) relapse, flare-up

Declension

Declension of skov
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skov skovs
definite skovet skovets
plural indefinite skov skovs
definite skoven skovens

References

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