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skära

cut, slice, jar, cleave/²ɧæːra/

skära as a verb

Meaning

cut; slice; jar; cleave; grate; carve; intersect

In Swedish: bearbeta med kniv (för att dela upp el. skilja ifrån något)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skära (cut)
Infinitive	att skära	to cut
Present	skär	jag skär
Past	skar	jag skar
Supine	skurit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skurit	jag har skurit
Past perfect	hade skurit	jag hade skurit
Future	ska skära	or: kommer att skära
Conditional	skulle skära	jag skulle skära
Imperative	skär!	a command
Present participle	skärande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skuren	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skära
Infinitive	skäras
Present	skärs
Past	skars
Supine	skurits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use skär. See the four verb groups explained.

skära as a noun(en skära)

Meaning

crescent; sickle

In Swedish: kort halvcirkelformad lie

Forms

Forms of skära
Singular, indefinite	en skära
Singular, definite	skäran
Plural, indefinite	skäror
Plural, definite	skärorna

skära is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor skära, den stora skäran. Check another noun

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skära in a sentence

skära bröd
cut bread
skära till en käpp
carve a walking stick
ett skärande ljud
a rasping sound
skära med en kniv
cut with a knife
Han skar mig med kniven
He cut me with the knife
Han skar mig i armen
He cut my arm
ungdomar som skär sig
young people [youth] who cut themselves
Jag skar upp säcken
I cut open [cut up] the sack
hammaren och skäran
the hammer and [the] sickle
månskära
crescent moon, moonsickle

Words built with skära

månskära crescent moon

Questions

What does skära mean in English?

skära means “cut, slice”.

Is it en skära or ett skära?

It is en skära, and “the crescent” is skäran.

What is the plural of skära?

The plural of skära is skäror, and the definite plural is skärorna.

What is the past tense of skära?

The past tense of skära is skar (“jag skar”). The supine is skurit, used in “jag har skurit”.

What is the present tense of skära?

skär, the same for every person: jag skär, du skär, vi skär.

Origin

From Old Swedish skæra, from Old Norse skera (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Nearby common words

skära is number 1,805 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,800säja pronunciation spelling of säga
1,802klättra climb
1,803tysk German
1,804drake dragon, kite
1,806seriös serious, solemn
1,807ryss Russian
1,808favorit favourite, favorite (US)
1,809varning warning

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