Danish

Verb

ske ‎(imperative ske, infinitive at ske, present tense sker, past tense skete, perfect tense er sket)

1. be
2. happen, occur
3. take place
4. come about
5. be done, be made

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skeið ‎(“(war) ship; sheath; reed, sley”), cognate with Norwegian skje, Swedish sked, German Scheide and Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 ‎(skaidan).

Noun

ske c (singular definite skeen, plural indefinite skeer)

1. spoon
2. ladle
3. trowel

Inflection

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish ske, from Middle Low German schên.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ske ‎(third person singular past indicative skeddi, third person plural past indicative skett, supine skett)

1. (archaic, colloquial) to happen, occur

Synonyms

• (occur): henda

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish ske, from Middle Low German schên

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /scɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Verb

ske ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skeði, supine skeð)

1. to happen, occur

   Hvernig getur svona skeð?

   How can something like this happen?

Synonyms

• (occur): eiga sér stað, gerast, henda

Lojban

Rafsi

ske

1. rafsi of saske.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ske, from Middle Low German schên. Cognate with Danish ske, Norwegian skje, German geschehen, Dutch geschieden, Limburgish sji-jje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧeː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ske

1. to happen; in particular what happens during some extended period of time

Conjugation

Synonyms

• hända

Phrases

• det som sker, det sker