skapa

See also: skąpa and skąpą

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skapa (to create)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈskɛapa]

Verb

skapa

  1. (God) to create
  2. to create, make, manufacture

Conjugation


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaːpa/
    Rhymes: -aːpa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skapa (to create).

Verb

skapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skapaði, supine skapað)

  1. to create
Conjugation
Derived terms

Noun

skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of skap

Noun

skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sköp

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skapa n

  1. definite plural of skap

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skapa. Akin to English shape.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²skɑːpɑ/

Verb

skapa (present tense skapar or skaper, past tense skapa or skapte, past participle skapa or skapt, present participle skapande, imperative skap)

  1. to create

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑːpɑ/

Noun

skapa n

  1. definite plural of skap

References


Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • skepja

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (to make, create, shape). Cognate with Old English scieppan, Old Frisian skeppa, Old Saxon skeppian, Old High German skaffan, Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*skapjan).

Verb

skapa (singular past indicative skóp, plural past indicative skópu, past participle skapaðr)

  1. to shape, make, create

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • skapa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skapa, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną.

Verb

skapa

  1. to create, to produce

Conjugation

Descendants


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skapa, from Old Norse skapa (to create), from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Related to German schaffen and English shape.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /skɑːpa/

Verb

skapa (present skapar, preterite skapade, supine skapat, imperative skapa)

  1. to create; to make, to manufacture; to put into existence, chiefly by a creative act

Usage notes

  • As an antiquated past participle, skapt is also used. See also förena

Conjugation


Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse skapa, skepja, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną.

Verb

skapa (preterite skop or skapa, supine skapa)

  1. (transitive) create
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