Skrev

Skrev is the simple past tense form of the verb skrive in Norwegian and Danish, meaning wrote. It is used to describe a completed action of writing that occurred in the past. In Norwegian, the form is primarily associated with Bokmål and Danish usage, while in Norwegian Nynorsk the corresponding simple past form is typically skreiv. In Swedish, a closely related verb with the same meaning in past tense also uses a form similar to skre v, namely skrev.

Usage and examples:

- Norwegian Bokmål: Hun skrev et brev i går.

- Danish: Han skrev et brev i går.

- Norwegian Nynorsk: Han skreiv eit brev i går.

These examples illustrate how the same concept is expressed with slightly different past tense endings in the related languages.

Etymology and cognates:

Skrev derives from the same root as other Germanic languages’ words for writing, tracing back to Old Norse and Proto-Germanic roots associated with writing. The form is part of a broader pattern in the Scandinavian languages where the past tense of skrive shows close, but language-specific, inflection.

See also:

- Skryve and skrive, the infinitive and related forms in the same language family

- Comparison with past tenses in Swedish and other Norse languages

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