skare

See also: skäre, skåre, skære, and škare

English

Adjective

skare (comparative more skare, superlative most skare)

  1. Alternative form of skar
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “skare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskɑː.rə/, [skɑːɾə]
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Noun

skare (plural skares)

  1. crowd

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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)

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

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Swedish

Noun

skare c

  1. a hard, icy surface on a snow cover

Declension
Declension of skare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skare skaren skarar skararna
Genitive skares skarens skarars skararnas

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