skue

English

Verb

skue (third-person singular simple present skues, present participle skuing, simple past and past participle skued)

  1. Obsolete form of skew.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skoða, Proto-Germanic *skuþōn, influenced by schauen.

Verb

skue (imperative sku, infinitive at skue, present tense skuer, past tense skuede, perfect tense har skuet)

  1. to see, behold
Conjugation
Conjugation of skue
active passive
present skuer skues
past skuede skuedes
infinitive skue skues
imperative sku
participle
present skuende
past skuet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund skuen
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • gennemskue

Etymology 2

A loan from German Schau, modelled in form after the verb sense.

Noun

skue n (singular definite skuet, plural indefinite skuer)

  1. sight, spectacle
  2. livestock show (shortened form of dyrskue)
Inflection
Declension of skue
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skue skuet skuer skuerne
genitive skues skuets skuers skuernes
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Faroese skúgvur.

Noun

skue c (singular definite skuen, plural indefinite skuer)

  1. great skua
Inflection
Declension of skue
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skue skuen skuer skuerne
genitive skues skuens skuers skuernes
Synonyms
  • havskue
  • storkjove

References

Middle English

Noun

skue

  1. alternative form of skew (sky)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skoða, the noun is after German Schau and the verb is influenced by schauen.

Noun

skue n (definite singular skuet, indefinite plural skuer, definite plural skua or skuene)

  1. appearance, sight, spectacle, view

Verb

skue (imperative sku, present tense skuer, passive skues, simple past and past participle skua or skuet, present participle skuende)

  1. to behold, see, look, view

Usage notes

Sometimes confused with skru or skrue (verb).

Derived terms

See also

References