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skapa

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See also: skápa, skåpa, skąpa, skąpą, and Škapa

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skapa (to create).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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skapa

  1. (God) to create
  2. to create, make, manufacture

Conjugation

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Conjugation of skapa (group v-29-30)
infinitive skapa
supine skapað
participle (a5
(a39)/a6)1
skapandi skaptur/
skapaður
present past
first singular skapi skapti/
skapaði
second singular skapar skapti/
skapaði
third singular skapar skapti/
skapaði
plural skapa skaptu/
skapaðu
imperative
singular skapa!
plural skapið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Gothic

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Romanization

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skapa

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌰

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse skapa (to create).

Verb

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skapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skapaði, supine skapað)

  1. to create
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of skap

Noun

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skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sköp

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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skapa n

  1. definite plural of skap

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse skapa. Akin to English shape.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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skapa (present tense skapar or skaper, past tense skapa or skapte, past participle skapa or skapt, present participle skapande, imperative skap)

  1. to create
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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skapa n

  1. definite plural of skap

References

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (to make, create, shape). Cognate with Old English scieppan, Old Frisian skeppa, Old Saxon skeppian, Old High German skaffan.

Verb

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skapa (singular past indicative skóp, plural past indicative skópu, past participle skapaðr)

  1. to shape, make, create

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: skapa, skepja
  • Faroese: skapa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skape
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skape, skapa
  • Old Swedish: skapa
  • Danish: skabe

References

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  • skapa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skapa, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną.

Verb

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skapa

  1. to create, to produce

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish skapa, from Old Norse skapa (to create), from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Related to German schaffen and English shape.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /skɑːpa/

Verb

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skapa (present skapar, preterite skapade, supine skapat, imperative skapa)

  1. to create; to make, to manufacture; to put into existence, chiefly by a creative act

Usage notes

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  • As an antiquated past participle, skapt is also used. See also förena

Conjugation

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