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skvette

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Possibly omomatopoeia (lydord)

Verb

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skvette (imperative skvett, present tense skvetter, passive skvettes, simple past and past participle skvetta or skvettet, present participle skvettende)

  1. to splash, squirt, spatter

skvette (imperative skvett, present tense skvetter, passive skvettes, simple past skvatt, past participle skvettet, present participle skvettende)

  1. to jump, give a start, be startled

Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Possibly onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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skvette (present tense skvettar or skvetter, past tense skvetta or skvette, past participle and supine skvetta or skvett, present participle skvettande, imperative skvett)

  1. (transitive) to splash, squirt, spatter

skvette (present tense skvett, past tense skvatt, supine skvotte, past participle skvotten, present participle skvettande, imperative skvett)

  1. (intransitive) jump, give a start, be startled
  2. (intransitive, of liquid) to splash
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Participle

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skvette

  1. definite singular of skvett
  2. plural of skvett

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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skvette

  1. neuter singular of skvetten

References

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  • “skvette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “skvetta”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016