skalte

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German schalten (“to switch”), from Old High German scaltan (“to push a ship forward”), from Proto-Germanic *skaldaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɡaltə/, [ˈsɡ̊ald̥ə]

Verb

skalte (past tense skaltede, past participle skaltet)

1. (archaic) to rule, dispose

   in the modern language only in the phrase: skalte og valte (“to treat as one likes”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skalte

active passive present skalter skaltes past skaltede skaltedes infinitive skalte skaltes imperative skalt — participle present skaltende past skaltet (auxiliary verb have) gerund skalten

Derived terms

• skalte ud