skarp

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Danish

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Adjective

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skarp

  1. sharp

Inflection

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Inflection of skarp
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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (to cut).

Adjective

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skarp (neuter singular skarpt, definite singular and plural skarpe, comparative skarpere, indefinite superlative skarpest, definite superlative skarpeste)

  1. sharp
  2. (military) Used of ammunition that contains a real bullet or projectile (i.e. the opposite of blank ammunition)
  3. (military) Used of a situation that involves actual real combat (i.e. not an exercise)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (to cut).

Adjective

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skarp (neuter skarpt, definite singular and plural skarpe, comparative skarpare, indefinite superlative skarpast, definite superlative skarpaste)

  1. sharp

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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skarp m animal

  1. turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
    Synonym: turbot
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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skarp f

  1. genitive plural of skarpa

Further reading

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  • skarp in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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skarp (comparative skarpare, superlative skarpast)

  1. sharp; able to cut easily
    Synonym: vass
    en skarp kniv
    a sharp knife
  2. sharp, cutting
    skarp kritik
    sharp criticism
  3. strong (about smells)
  4. poignant, pungent; such as the smell of ammonia
  5. (firearms) live (with lethal ammunition as opposed to blank rounds)
    Antonym: lös
  6. 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

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Inflection of skarp
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

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