skikkelse

skikkelse c (singular definite skikkelsen, plural indefinite skikkelser)

1. a person, especially one that is poorly seen
   • 2016, Boris Hansen, Panteon-sagaen #1: Vejen til Panteon, Tellerup A/S →ISBN

     Hun fremstod som en hætteklædt skikkelse i en dybgrøn kåbe med honninggult hår og en høj lerkrukke mellem hænderne.

     She appeared as a hood-clad figure in a deep-green robe with honey-yellow hair and a tall clay-jar between her hands.

   • 2013, Jakob Knudsen, Når engle græder blod, Art People →ISBN

     En sort, hætteklædt skikkelse trådte lydløst frem fra entreen, og med et halvlangt sværd skilte han på et splitsekund Jon Eliassens hoved fra kroppen.

     A black, hood-clad figure soundlessly stepped forward from the entry, and, with a semi-long sword, in the fraction of a second, he separated Jon Eliassen's head from his body.

   • 2012, Kenny Jess Brandt, Viktor Horsovsky, Klim →ISBN

     “Hvad så du?” “En lav skikkelse, han havde kort, mørkt hår. Han holdt noget i hånden ... en kniv ... da jeg råbte efter ham, kiggede han på mig...”

     “What did you see?” “A short figure, he had short, dark hair. He was holding something in his hand ... a knife ... as I yelled after him, he looked at me...”

• “skikkelse” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Low German schickenisse

skikkelse m (definite singular skikkelsen, indefinite plural skikkelser, definite plural skikkelsene)

1. a form, shape, figure

• “skikkelse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “skikkelse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Middle Low German schickenisse

skikkelse m (definite singular skikkelsen, indefinite plural skikkelsar, definite plural skikkelsane)

1. a form, shape, figure

• “skikkelse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.