/²ɧæːra/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish skæra, from Old Norse skera (“to cut”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
- to cut; to perform an incision (compare klippa, used for cutting with scissors, shears, or the like, with a snipping motion)
“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
- usuallyto cut (up); to divide something with a knife, etc.
“Jag skar upp limpan” — I cut the loaf of bread [implied into slices]
“Låt brödet svalna innan du skär upp det” — Allow the bread to [let the bread] cool before cutting it
“Jag skar upp vattenmelonen” — I cut up the watermelon [into pieces of any shape]
- usuallyto carve (meat)
“Jag skar upp julskinkan” — I carved the Christmas ham
- to cut ((part of) oneself); to accidentally hurt oneself with a sharp object
“Jag skar mig på kniven” — I cut myself on the knife
“Jag skar mig i fingret” — I cut my finger
“Jag skar mig när jag rakade mig” — I cut myself while shaving [when I shaved myself]
- to cut; to make reductions in a budget or the like
“De har skurit ner (på) budgeten” — They have cut the budget
- reflexiveto separate, to split, to break (lose homogeneity, said of milk, a sauce, etc.); (when implied) to curdle
“Mjölken har stått framme och skurit sig” — The milk has been left out [has stood out] and curdled [separated]
“Citron får mjölk att skära sig” — Lemon makes milk ["gets milk to," causes milk to] curdle [separate]
“skuren bearnaisesås” — broken [separated] béarnaise sauce
- figuratively, reflexiveto (come to) not harmonize; to clash, to jar, to not go well together, etc.
“Jag gillar inte de färgerna tillsammans. Jag tycker att det skär sig.” — I don't like those colors together. I think it clashes.
“Kepsen skär sig mot uniformen” — The baseball cap [likely to be implied here – see keps] clashes with the uniform
“De brutala våldsscenerna passar inte i komedin. Det skär sig.” — The brutally violent scenes [brutal violence-scenes] do not fit [in] the comedy. It jars / they feel jarring.
- to cut; to intersect; to cross
“Kurvorna skär varandra i punkten (1, 2)” — The curves intersect [cut each other] at the point (1, 2)
- archaicto purify, to cleanse one's soul
- common-gendera sickle (tool)
“hammaren och skäran” — the hammer and [the] sickle
- common-gendera crescent, a sickle (sickle shape)
“månskära” — crescent moon, moonsickle
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular
- form-of, pluralplural
Formerskär(present) · skar(preterite) · skurit(supine) · skär(imperative) · skära(active, infinitive) · skäras(infinitive, passive) · skurit(active, supine) · skurits(passive, supine) · skär(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · skären(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · skär(active, indicative, present) · skar(active, indicative, past) · skärs(indicative, passive, present) · skäres(indicative, passive, present) · skars(indicative, passive, past) · skära(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · skuro(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · skäras(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)