beslutte

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ slutte. From Middle Low German beslūten, cf. German beschließen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [b̥eˈslud̥ə]

Verb

beslutte (imperative beslut, infinitive at beslutte, present tense beslutter, past tense besluttede, perfect tense besluttet)

to decide (come to a resolution or judgement)

Conjugation

Conjugation of beslutte

	active	passive
infinitive	beslutte	besluttes
present	beslutter	besluttes
past	besluttede	besluttedes
imperative	beslut	—

	participle
present	besluttende
past	(have / havde) besluttet
gerund	—

Derived terms

References

“beslutte” in Den Danske Ordbog
“beslutte” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German besluten.

Verb

beslutte (imperative beslutt, present tense beslutter, passive besluttes, simple past and past participle beslutta or besluttet, present participle besluttende)

to decide

Derived terms

References

“beslutte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

beslutta (a-infinitive) (less used since it is not a split infinitive verb)

Etymology

From Middle Low German besluten, compare Swedish besluta and Danish beslutte.

Verb

beslutte (imperative beslutt, present tense beslutter, passive besluttast, simple past and past participle beslutta or besluttet, present participle besluttande)

to decide
vi beslutta å reise til Spania i sumar
we decided to travel to Spain this summer
(Trøndelag, Nordmøre) to give up (an idea)
vi beslutta å reise til Spania i sumar
we gave up the idea to travel to Spain this summer

Usage notes

The sense "to give up" in Trøndelag is only used in the coastal areas.

References

“beslutte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
“beslutte”, in Norsk Ordbok: Ordbok over det Norske Folkemålet og det Nynorske Skriftmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.
Tor Erik Jenstad; Arnold Dalen (2002), Trønderordboka (in Norwegian), page 62