Swedish adjective

skör

frail, brittle, fragile

Meaning

frail; brittle; fragile

In Swedish: som lätt går sönder, bräcklig

Forms

Forms of skör
Basic form	skör	with en-words
Neuter	skört	with ett-words
Plural and definite	sköra	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	skörare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	skörast	“-est”, “most …”

Practise skör

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What does skör mean?

skör in a sentence

sköra ben
brittle bones
sköra äldre
frail elderly people

Questions

What does skör mean in English?

skör means “frail, brittle”.

Similar words

ömtåligspädfragilbräckligsprödsvag

Origin

From Old Swedish skør, skyr, from Low German schör (“weak, fragile”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *skuriz, derived from the verb *skeraną (“to cut”).

Nearby common words

skör is number 7,442 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,438injektion injection
7,439rotera rotate
7,440avsäga resign
7,441slumpmässig random
7,443packe bundle
7,444rikt richly
7,445bankir banker
7,446filosof philosopher

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary