beskrive

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Danish

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Etymology

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From be (on) +‎ skrive (to write), a calque of Middle Low German beschrīven and German beschreiben (in turn a calque of Latin dēscrībō).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beskriːˀvə/, [b̥eˈsɡ̊ʁiˀʋə], [b̥eˈsɡ̊ʁiwˀʊ]

Verb

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beskrive (past tense beskrev, past participle beskrevet, attributive common beskreven, attributive plural or definite beskrevne)

  1. to describe

Conjugation

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German beschriven or bescriven.

Verb

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beskrive (imperative beskriv, present tense beskriver, passive beskrives, simple past beskreiv or beskrev, past participle beskrevet, present participle beskrivende)

  1. to describe

Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German beschriven or bescriven, via Bokmål.

Verb

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beskrive (present tense beskriv, past tense beskreiv, past participle beskrive, passive infinitive beskrivast, present participle beskrivande, imperative beskriv)

  1. to describe

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