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52 Comments
PLLumsdaine
830
It‘s not from modern German; it’s a parallel formation that developed in both languages.
PLLumsdaine
830
Ah, you’re absolutely right — I checked too hurriedly the other day, and misread the etymology. SAOB lists it as a borrowing from Middle Low German, which in turn comes from Old Saxon. So not a parallel formation at all, as you say.
4oYBIxtO
1332
Normally sk before hard vowel, sch before soft vowel. But there are exceptions, mainly in rather new words. “Skippa” (“skip”) is a recently borrowed word and pronounced with sk.
VilyusB.
787
Can i also say "det är ingen min handske"? (negating the noun "handske" instead of the verb "är")
mordechait2
247
Who else can spot the difference between handske and handskar, when you are listening to something, pronounced in this instance, exactly the same.