UrsprungFrom Old Swedish skava, from Old Norse skafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”).
- to chafe, to rub, to scrape
“Mina skor skaver” — My shoes are rubbing
“den siste bullen, som bakas af det, som skafves från kanterna af baktråg” — the last bun, which is baked from that [dough], which is scraped from the edges of troughs
- figurativelyto not seem right, to be a bother, to gall
“Det är nåt som skaver i att de valde en lyxresort för välgörenhetsgalan” — There's something that chafes about them picking a luxury resort for the charity gala
Formerskaver(present) · skavde(preterite) · skavt(supine) · skav(imperative) · skava(active, infinitive) · skavas(infinitive, passive) · skavt(active, supine) · skavts(passive, supine) · skav(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · skaven(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · skaver(active, indicative, present) · skavde(active, indicative, past) · skavs(indicative, passive, present) · skaves(indicative, passive, present) · skavdes(indicative, passive, past) · skava(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · skavde(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · skavas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)