skov

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish skogh, from Old Norse skógr, from Proto-Germanic *skōgaz. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål skog, Norwegian Nynorsk skog, Swedish skog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɡ̊ɒwˀ]

Noun

skov c (singular definite skoven, plural indefinite skove)

1. forest
2. (graph theory) forest

Inflection

Declension of skov

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skov	skoven	skove	skovene
genitive	skovs	skovens	skoves	skovenes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skov

1. past of skava

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish skof (“push”), from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną. Cognate of English shove. Compare German Schub (“[medical] phase”).

Noun

skov n

1. (medicine) relapse

Declension

Declension of skov

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skov	skovs
	definite	skovet	skovets
plural	indefinite	skov	skovs
	definite	skoven	skovens

Related terms

• uppskov
• skjuva

References

• skov in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skov in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skov in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skov in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)