måske
Danish
/mɔskeː/, /moskeː/, /mɔske/, /mɔske/
adv
Definitions
- perhaps, possibly, maybe
Etymology
Compound from Danish må (might, may) + Danish ske (spoon, happen)derived from Middle Low German machschēn (mayhap).
Origin
Middle Low German
machschēn
Gloss
mayhap
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mayhap English
- mayhaps English
- geschieden Dutch, Flemish
- mag Dutch, Flemish
- misschien Dutch, Flemish
- kan Norwegian Bokmål
- kanskje Norwegian Bokmål
- skje Norwegian Bokmål
- kan Swedish
- kanske Swedish
- ske Swedish
- må Danish
- ske Danish
- skefuld Danish
- spiseske Danish
- teske Danish
- ske Icelandic
- misschien Middle Dutch
- misscien Middle Dutch
- miskien Afrikaans
- ske Faroese
- machschēn Middle Low German
- schên Middle Low German
- schēn Middle Low German