skille

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to separate, limit”), cognate with Swedish skilja, English skill (partly from Old Norse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skelə/, [ˈsɡ̊elə]

Verb

skille (past tense skilte, past participle skilt)

1. (transitive) to separate (divide (a thing) into separate parts)
2. (intransitive) to separate, come apart (of a sauce or cloths)
3. (reflexive, intransitive) to separate, divide (to be divided in separate parts)
4. (passive voice, intransitive) to separate, get a divorce

Conjugation

Inflection of skille

	present	past
simple	skiller	skilte
perfect	har skilt	havde skilt
passive	skilles	skiltes
participle	skillende	skilt
imperative	skil	—
infinitive	skille	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	skillen	—

Derived terms

• adskille
• fraskilt
• skille ad
• skille af
• skille ud
• skilning
• skilsmisse
• særskilt
• udskille

 

References

• “skille” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skilja.

Noun

skille n (definite singular skillet, indefinite plural skiller, definite plural skilla or skillene)

1. divide, division, partition, dividing line

Derived terms

• vannskille

Verb

skille (imperative skill, present tense skiller, simple past skilte, past participle skilt, present participle skillende)

1. to separate
2. to divide
3. (reflexive) to differ (fra / from)
4. to distinguish (mellom / between)

Derived terms

Terms derived from skille (verb)

• fraskille
• skillelinje
• skilletegn
• skillevegg
• til døden skiller oss ad
• utskille

 

Related terms

• adskille, atskille
• skilles

 

See also

• skilje, skilja (Nynorsk)

References

• “skille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.