skåne

See also: Skane and Skåne

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German schōnen, from Proto-Germanic *skaunijaną, cognate with German schonen. Derived from *skauniz (“beautiful”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skɔːnə/, [ˈsɡ̊ɔːnə]

Verb

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  1. to spare (to show mercy)
  2. to take care of, be careful of

Conjugation
Inflection of skåne
present past
simple skåner skånede
perfect har skånet havde skånet
passive skånes skånedes
participle skånende skånet
imperative skån —
infinitive Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund skånen —

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • skåna (a-infinitive)
  • (non-standard since 1917) skona

Etymology

From Middle Low German schōnen.

Verb

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  1. to spare, show mercy

References
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