Skopje

English

Etymology

Romanization of Macedonian Скопје (Skopje).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔpjɛ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Skopje

1. The capital city of North Macedonia.
2. (by extension) North Macedonia, especially in the Greek media.

Derived terms

• Skopjan

Translations

capital of North Macedonia

• Afrikaans: Skopje
• Albanian: Shkupi (sq) m, Shkup m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ስኮፕዬ (səkopye)
• Arabic: سْكُوبِيه f (skubīh), سْكُوبِيَّا f (skūbiyyā), إِسْكُوبْيَة f (ʔiskūbya)
• Armenian: Սկոպյե (Skopye)
• Azerbaijani: Skopye (az)
• Belarusian: Ско́п'е m or n (Skópʺje)
• Bengali: স্কপিয়ে (śkôpiẏe)
• Bulgarian: Ско́пие n (Skópie)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ско́пие n (Skópye)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 史高比耶 (si² gou¹ bei² je⁴), 斯科普里 (si¹ fo¹ pou² lei⁵)

  Mandarin: 斯科普里 (zh) (Sīkēpǔlǐ), 斯科普耶 (Sīkēpǔyē) (Taiwan)

• Chuvash: Скопье (Skopʹe)
• Crimean Tatar: Üsküp
• Czech: Skopje (cs) f
• Danish: Skopje n
• Dutch: Skopje (nl) n
• Esperanto: Skopjo (eo)
• Estonian: Skopje (et)
• Faroese: Skopje
• Finnish: Skopje (fi)
• French: Skopje (fr) f, Skoplje f
• Georgian: სკოპიე (sḳoṗie)
• German: Skopje (de) n
• Greek: Σκόπια (el) f (Skópia)
• Hebrew: סְקוֹפְּיֶה (he) f (skúfyah)
• Hindi: स्कोपिये m (skopiye), स्कोप्ये m (skopye)
• Hungarian: Szkopje (hu)
• Icelandic: Skopje
• Irish: Scóipé f
• Italian: Skopje (it) f
• Japanese: スコピエ (ja) (Sukopie)
• Kazakh: Скопье (Skope)
• Khmer: ស្កុបជេ (km) (skopcei)
• Korean: 스코페 (ko) (Seukope), 스꼬삐에 (ko) (Seukkoppie) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Skopye

• Kyrgyz: Скопье (Skopye)
• Lao: ສະໂກບເຊ (sa kōp sē)
• Latin: Scupi
• Latvian: Skopje f
• Lithuanian: Skopjė f
• Macedonian: Ско́пје (mk) n (Skópje)
• Malay: Skopje
• Maltese: Skopje
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Скопье (Skopʹje)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Skopje

  Nynorsk: Skopje

• Old Church Slavonic: Съкопиѥ n (Sŭkopije)
• Ottoman Turkish: اوسكوب (üsküb)
• Pashto: اسکوپیه
• Persian: اسکوپیه (eskopiye), اسکوپیا (eskopiyâ)
• Polish: Skopie (pl) n, Skopje (pl) n (rare)
• Portuguese: Skopje (pt) f, Skopie f, Escópia (pt)
• Romanian: Skopje (ro)
• Russian: Ско́пье (ru) m (Skópʹje), Ско́пле m (Skóple) (rare)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ско̏пље n

  Roman: Skȍplje (sh) n

• Slovak: Skopje n
• Slovene: Skopje n
• Spanish: Skopie (es)
• Swedish: Skopje (sv) n
• Tajik: Скопе (Skope)
• Tatar: Өскеп (Öskep)
• Thai: สโกเปีย (sà-goo-bpiia)
• Turkish: Üsküp (tr)
• Turkmen: Skopýe
• Ukrainian: Ско́п'є n (Skópʺje)
• Urdu: اسکوپیہ m (iskopiya)
• Uyghur: سكوپليې (skoplyë)
• Uzbek: Skopye
• Vietnamese: Xcốp-pi-ê
• Yiddish: סקאָפּיע n (skopye)

North Macedonia — see North Macedonia

Anagrams

• kopjes

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Skopje

1. Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskopjɛ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Skopje f (related adjective skopský)

1. Skopje (the capital and largest city of North Macedonia)

Declension

Declension of Skopje (sg-only soft feminine)

	singular
nominative	Skopje
genitive	Skopje
dative	Skopji
accusative	Skopji
vocative	Skopje
locative	Skopji
instrumental	Skopjí

Further reading

• “Skopje”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Etymology

Romanization of Macedonian Скопје (Skopje).

Proper noun

Skopje

1. Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)

Finnish

Etymology

Romanization of Macedonian Скопје (Skopje).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskopje/, [ˈs̠ko̞pje̞]
• Rhymes: -opje
• Syllabification^(key): Skop‧je

Proper noun

Skopje

1. Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)

Declension

Inflection of Skopje (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Skopje	—
genitive		Skopjen	—
partitive		Skopjea	—
illative		Skopjeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Skopje	—
accusative	nom.	Skopje	—
	gen.	Skopjen
genitive		Skopjen	—
partitive		Skopjea	—
inessive		Skopjessa	—
elative		Skopjesta	—
illative		Skopjeen	—
adessive		Skopjella	—
ablative		Skopjelta	—
allative		Skopjelle	—
essive		Skopjena	—
translative		Skopjeksi	—
abessive		Skopjetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Skopje (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Skopjeni — accusative nom. Skopjeni — gen. Skopjeni genitive Skopjeni — partitive Skopjeani — inessive Skopjessani — elative Skopjestani — illative Skopjeeni — adessive Skopjellani — ablative Skopjeltani — allative Skopjelleni — essive Skopjenani — translative Skopjekseni — abessive Skopjettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Skopjesi — accusative nom. Skopjesi — gen. Skopjesi genitive Skopjesi — partitive Skopjeasi — inessive Skopjessasi — elative Skopjestasi — illative Skopjeesi — adessive Skopjellasi — ablative Skopjeltasi — allative Skopjellesi — essive Skopjenasi — translative Skopjeksesi — abessive Skopjettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Skopjemme — accusative nom. Skopjemme — gen. Skopjemme genitive Skopjemme — partitive Skopjeamme — inessive Skopjessamme — elative Skopjestamme — illative Skopjeemme — adessive Skopjellamme — ablative Skopjeltamme — allative Skopjellemme — essive Skopjenamme — translative Skopjeksemme — abessive Skopjettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Skopjenne — accusative nom. Skopjenne — gen. Skopjenne genitive Skopjenne — partitive Skopjeanne — inessive Skopjessanne — elative Skopjestanne — illative Skopjeenne — adessive Skopjellanne — ablative Skopjeltanne — allative Skopjellenne — essive Skopjenanne — translative Skopjeksenne — abessive Skopjettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Skopjensa — accusative nom. Skopjensa — gen. Skopjensa genitive Skopjensa — partitive Skopjeaan Skopjeansa — inessive Skopjessaan Skopjessansa — elative Skopjestaan Skopjestansa — illative Skopjeensa — adessive Skopjellaan Skopjellansa — ablative Skopjeltaan Skopjeltansa — allative Skopjelleen Skopjellensa — essive Skopjenaan Skopjenansa — translative Skopjekseen Skopjeksensa — abessive Skopjettaan Skopjettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Etymology

Romanization of Macedonian Скопје (Skopje).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɔ.pje/

Proper noun

Skopje ?

1. Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)

German

Etymology

Romanization of Macedonian Скопје (Skopje).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Skopje n (proper noun, genitive Skopjes or (optionally with an article) Skopje)

1. Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)

Icelandic

Proper noun

Skopje ?

1. Skopje (the capital of North Macedonia)

Polish

Alternative forms

• Skopie (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Macedonian Скопје (Skopje).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔ.pjɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔpjɛ
• Syllabification: Sko‧pje

Proper noun

Skopje n (indeclinable)

1. Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)

Derived terms

adjective

• skopijski

 

nouns

• skopijczyk
• skopijka

 

Further reading

• Skopje in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Skopje f

1. Alternative spelling of Skopie

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskɔpje]

Proper noun

Skopje n

1. Skopje (the capital of North Macedonia)

References

• “Skopje”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024