forsvare

Danish

Etymology

Calque of Middle Low German vorantworden.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [fʌˈsvɑˀɑ]

Verb

forsvare (imperative forsvar, infinitive at forsvare, present tense forsvarer, past tense forsvarede, perfect tense forsvaret)

to justify
to defend
Antonym: angribe
(law) to plead, advocate

Conjugation

Conjugation of forsvare

	active	passive
present	forsvarer	forsvares
past	forsvarede	forsvaredes
infinitive	forsvare	forsvares
imperative	forsvar	—

	participle
present	forsvarende
past	forsvaret (auxiliary verb have)
gerund	forsvaren

Related terms

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish forsvare.

Verb

forsvare (imperative forsvar, present tense forsvarer, passive forsvares, simple past forsvarte, past participle forsvart, present participle forsvarende)

to defend
to justify

Related terms

forsvar (noun)
forsvarer (noun)

References

“forsvare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

forsvare (present tense forsvarar/forsvarer, past tense forsvara/forsvarte, past participle forsvara/forsvart, passive infinitive forsvarast, present participle forsvarande, imperative forsvare/forsvar)

alternative form of forsvara