skue

English

Verb

skue (third-person singular simple present skues, present participle skuing, simple past and past participle skued)

1. Obsolete form of skew.

Anagrams

• Kues, Ukes, ukes

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skoða, Proto-Germanic *skuþōn, influenced by schauen.

Verb

skue (imperative sku, infinitive at skue, present tense skuer, past tense skuede, perfect tense har skuet)

1. to see, behold

Conjugation

Conjugation of skue

active passive present skuer skues past skuede skuedes infinitive skue skues imperative sku — participle present skuende past skuet (auxiliary verb have) gerund skuen

Synonyms

• se (verb)
• betragte (verb)

Derived terms

• gennemskue

Etymology 2

A loan from German Schau, modelled in form after the verb sense.

Noun

skue n (singular definite skuet, plural indefinite skuer)

1. sight, spectacle
2. livestock show (shortened form of dyrskue)

Inflection

Declension of skue

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skue	skuet	skuer	skuerne
genitive	skues	skuets	skuers	skuernes

Derived terms

• skuespiller
• skuespillerinde

Etymology 3

From Faroese skúgvur.

Noun

skue c (singular definite skuen, plural indefinite skuer)

1. great skua

Inflection

Declension of skue

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skue	skuen	skuer	skuerne
genitive	skues	skuens	skuers	skuernes

Synonyms

• havskue
• storkjove

References

• “skue” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “skue” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Middle English

Noun

skue

1. Alternative form of skew (“sky”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skoða, the noun is after German Schau and the verb is influenced by schauen.

Noun

skue n (definite singular skuet, indefinite plural skuer, definite plural skua or skuene)

1. appearance, sight, spectacle, view

Verb

skue (imperative sku, present tense skuer, passive skues, simple past and past participle skua or skuet, present participle skuende)

1. to behold, see, look, view

Usage notes

Sometimes confused with skru or skrue (verb).

Derived terms

• gjennomskue

See also

• skode, skoda (Nynorsk)

References

• “skue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “skue_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “skue_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).