skare

See also: skäre, skåre, skære, and škare

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch schare, from Middle Dutch schare, from Old Dutch skara, from Proto-Germanic *skarō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɑː.rə/, [skɑːɾə]

• Audio:

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Noun

skare (plural skares)

1. crowd

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skari, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skarō.

Noun

skare

1. a host, a crowd; a large number of people

Declension

Declension of skare

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skare	skaren	skarer	skarerne
genitive	skares	skarens	skarers	skarernes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skari, from Middle Low German schāre, from Old Saxon scara, from Proto-Germanic *skarō. Akin to English share. Doublet of skar (Etymology 4).

Noun

skare m (definite singular skaren, indefinite plural skarar, definite plural skarane)

1. a host, crowd

Verb

skare (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skare/skar)

1. (intransitive) to crowd
2. (intransitive) to go, walk, march together as a crowd

Usage notes

• This is a split infinitive verb.

Alternative forms

• skara (a- and split infinitives)

Related terms

• skjera, skjere (“to cut”)

Etymology 2

snø med skare

Related to skjera (“to cut”).

Alternative forms

• skårrå (dialectal)

Noun

skare m (definite singular skaren, indefinite plural skarar, definite plural skarane)

1. a hard and rough crust as top layer of snow
2. (uncountable) snow with such a crust

Etymology 3

From Old Norse skara, from skǫr f whence modern Norwegian Nynorsk skar n (Etymology 4).

Alternative forms

• skara (a- and split infinitives)

Verb

skare (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skare/skar)

1. (transitive) to put or place in a dense row or crowd
2. (transitive, intransitive) to dig in, gather and drop ashes upon the embers in a fireplace

References

• “skare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• -erska, karse, kresa, raske, rekas, saker

Swedish

Noun

skare c

1. a hard, icy surface on a snow cover

Declension

Declension of skare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skare	skares
	definite	skaren	skarens
plural	indefinite	skarar	skarars
	definite	skararna	skararnas

References

• skare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• -erska, ekars, raske, saker