Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
skemta
Past Participle:
skemtaður
Present participle:
skemtandi
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| eg | skemti |
| tú | skemtar |
| hann | skemtar |
| vit | skemta |
| tit | skemta |
| teir | skemta |
Past
| eg | skemtaði |
| tú | skemtaði |
| hann | skemtaði |
| vit | skemtaðu |
| tit | skemtaðu |
| teir | skemtaðu |
Pluperfect
Preterite
Preterite Perfect
Future
Future Perfect
Verbs conjugated like skemta
batna,
byrja,
eggja,
elska,
fjóna,
fríggja,
herja,
kalla,
kasta,
kólna,
mjølva,
slitna,
svara,
vakna,
Etymology
From Old Norse skemta (“to amuse, entertain”), from Proto-Germanic *skammatjaną (“to make short, briefen”), equivalent to skammur + -ta. Cognate with Icelandic skemmta, Norwegian Nynorsk skjemta, Swedish skämta, and Danish skæmte. See: Icelandic '
skemmta', Norwegian, nynorsk '
skjemta', Swedish '
skämta', Danish '
skæmte'.
Verbs referencing "skemta"
Icelandic
skemmta, Swedish
skämta, Norwegian, nynorsk
skjemte, Danish
skæmte.
Translations
joke, do for amusement
Sample Sentences