# skarp
## Danish
### Adjective

skarp
* sharp

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### References

* “skarp” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

### Adjective

skarp (neuter singular skarpt, definite singular and plural skarpe, comparative skarpere, indefinite superlative skarpest, definite superlative skarpeste)
* sharp
* (military) Used of ammunition that contains a real bullet or projectile (i.e. the opposite of blank ammunition)
* (military) Used of a situation that involves actual real combat (i.e. not an exercise)

#### Antonyms

* uskarp

#### Derived terms

* skarphet

### References

* “skarp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

### Adjective

skarp (neuter skarpt, definite singular and plural skarpe, comparative skarpare, indefinite superlative skarpast, definite superlative skarpaste)
* sharp

#### Antonyms

* slø, uskarp

### References

* “skarp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈskarp/
* Rhymes: -arp
* Syllabification: skarp
* Homophone: skarb

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

skarp m animal
* turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
    Synonym: turbot

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

skarp f
* genitive plural of skarpa

### Further reading

* skarp in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish skarper, from Old Norse skarpr, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

skarp (comparative skarpare, superlative skarpast)
* sharp; able to cut easily
    Synonym: vass
    en skarp kniva sharp knife
* sharp, cutting
    skarp kritiksharp criticism
* strong (about smells)
* poignant, pungent; such as the smell of ammonia
* (firearms) live (with lethal ammunition as opposed to blank rounds)
    Antonym: lös
* real-life, real (of a situation or the like)
    Vi trodde det var ett falskt alarm, men det visade sig vara skarpt lägeWe thought it was a false alarm, but it turned out to be real ("sharp situation")

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Derived terms

* på skarpen
* skarprättare
* skarpsill
* skarpsinne
* skarpsinnig
* skarpskytt
* skarpskytte
* skarpslipad
* skarpsynt
* skarpögd
* skärpa

### References

* skarp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* skarp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* skarp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* skarp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* karps, parks, spark