skena – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of skena

Noun: skena
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender

Nominative

Sg. Indef.skena
Sg. Def.skenan
Pl. Indef.skenor
Pl. Def.skenorna

Genitive

Sg. Indef.skenas
Sg. Def.skenans
Pl. Indef.skenors
Pl. Def.skenornas

Sample Sentences

  • Mina medresande slumrade var och en i sitt hörn, och jag satt tyst och hörde på tågets dån, då det brusade fram på skenorna. (My fellow travellers were dozing in their respective corners, and I sat quietly listening to the din of the train, as it roared forward on the rails.) [1909, Selma Lagerlöf, Tal vid Nobelfesten 10 December 1909:]
  • På något sätt hade han kommit i kontakt med den strömförande skenan som har 700 volts likström. (He had somehow come in contact with the 700 volt DC live rail.) [2000, Svenska Dagbladet, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2008:]
  • Mot medeltidens slut utbyttes järnmaskerna av järn- eller stålplåtar; benen och armarne skyddades av skenor, som med remmar och söljor spändes fast. (At the end of the middle age the iron masks were replaced by iron or steel plates; the legs and the arms were protected by splints that were fastened with straps and buckles.) [1912, August Strindberg, Svenska folket:]
  • Då skar de upp halva benet, lade in dräneringsrör och jag fick gips och skenor. (At that time they cut up half of my leg, put in drainage tubes and I got a cast and splints.) [2000, Svenska Dagbladet, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2008:]
  • I traditionssporten ishockey kämpar kombattanterna på skarpslipade skenor, väl inpackade i skydd och visir. (In the traditional sport ice hockey the players fight on sharp blades, well covered by protective gear and visors.) [2000, Svenska Dagbladet, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2008:]

Nouns inflected like skena

hojtarolja, pocketrea, syssla, inbjudningslista, kroppkaka, snäppa, snärja, snärta, snäcka, snurra, snippa, salvia, urtavla, grendosa, smitta, smocka, smedja, togolesiska, slunga, slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Swedish skena, from Middle Low German schene, from Old Saxon scina, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Influenced by German Schiene. First attested in 1478. See: German Nouns 'Schiene'.

Verbs referencing "skena"

Icelandic Nouns skina.

Translations

  • bolt, to accelerate suddenly