skarp
Danish
Inflection
Inflection of skarp | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | skarp | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | skarpt | — | —2 |
Plural | skarpe | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | skarpe | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
References
- “skarp” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Adjective
skarp (neuter singular skarpt, definite singular and plural skarpe, comparative skarpere, indefinite superlative skarpest, definite superlative skarpeste)
Antonyms
Derived terms
References
- “skarp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Adjective
skarp (neuter skarpt, definite singular and plural skarpe, comparative skarpare, indefinite superlative skarpast, definite superlative skarpaste)
References
- “skarp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skarp/
- Rhymes: -arp
- Syllabification: skarp
- Homophone: skarb
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- skarp in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish skarper, from Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
skarp (comparative skarpare, superlative skarpast)
- sharp; able to cut easily
- Synonym: vass
- en skarp kniv
- a sharp knife
- sharp, cutting
- skarp kritik
- sharp criticism
- strong (about smells)
- poignant, pungent; such as the smell of ammonia
- (firearms) live (with lethal ammunition as opposed to blank rounds)
- Antonym: lös
- real-life, real (of a situation or the like)
- Vi trodde det var ett falskt alarm, men det visade sig vara skarpt läge
- We thought it was a false alarm, but it turned out to be real ("sharp situation")
Declension
Inflection of skarp | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | skarp | skarpare | skarpast |
Neuter singular | skarpt | skarpare | skarpast |
Plural | skarpa | skarpare | skarpast |
Masculine plural3 | skarpe | skarpare | skarpast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | skarpe | skarpare | skarpaste |
All | skarpa | skarpare | skarpaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms
References
- skarp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skarp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skarp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skarp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)