skikkelse

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German schickenisse (“formation, shape, arrangement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɡ̊iɡ̊əlsə/

Noun

skikkelse c (singular definite skikkelsen, plural indefinite skikkelser)

1. a form, figure, or representation, especially one that is poorly seen
   • 2016, Boris Hansen, Panteon-sagaen #1: Vejen til Panteon, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:

     Hun fremstod som en hætteklædt skikkelse i en dybgrøn kåbe med honninggult hår og en høj lerkrukke mellem hænderne.

     She appeared as a hood-clad figure in a deep-green robe with honey-yellow hair and a tall clay-jar between her hands.

   • 2013, Jakob Knudsen, Når engle græder blod, Art People, →ISBN:

     En sort, hætteklædt skikkelse trådte lydløst frem fra entreen, og med et halvlangt sværd skilte han på et splitsekund Jon Eliassens hoved fra kroppen.

     A black, hood-clad figure soundlessly stepped forward from the entry, and, with a semi-long sword, in the fraction of a second, he separated Jon Eliassen's head from his body.

   • 2012, Kenny Jess Brandt, Viktor Horsovsky, Klim, →ISBN:

     “Hvad så du?” “En lav skikkelse, han havde kort, mørkt hår. Han holdt noget i hånden ... en kniv ... da jeg råbte efter ham, kiggede han på mig...”

     “What did you see?” “A short figure, he had short, dark hair. He was holding something in his hand ... a knife ... as I yelled after him, he looked at me...”

Declension

Declension of skikkelse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skikkelse	skikkelsen	skikkelser	skikkelserne
genitive	skikkelses	skikkelsens	skikkelsers	skikkelsernes

References

• “skikkelse” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German schickenisse.

Noun

skikkelse m (definite singular skikkelsen, indefinite plural skikkelser, definite plural skikkelsene)

1. a form, shape, figure

References

• “skikkelse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “skikkelse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German schickenisse.

Noun

skikkelse m (definite singular skikkelsen, indefinite plural skikkelsar, definite plural skikkelsane)

1. a form, shape, figure

References

• “skikkelse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.