UrsprungFrom Old Swedish skarper, from Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
- sharp; able to cut easily
“en skarp kniv” — a sharp knife
- sharp, cutting
“skarp kritik” — sharp criticism
- strong (about smells)
- poignant, pungent; such as the smell of ammonia
- live (with lethal ammunition as opposed to blank rounds)
- 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")
Formerskarpare(comparative) · skarpast(superlative) · skarp(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · skarpare(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · skarpast(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · skarpt(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · skarpare(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · skarpast(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · skarpa(indefinite, plural, positive) · skarpare(comparative, indefinite, plural) · skarpast(indefinite, plural, superlative) · skarpe(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · skarpare(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · skarpast(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · skarpe(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · skarpare(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · skarpaste(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · skarpa(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · skarpare(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · skarpaste(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)