fortvivle

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vortwivelen, equivalent to for- +‎ tvivle. Cognate with Swedish förtvivla, Norwegian fortvile and German verzweifeln.

Verb

fortvivle (imperative fortvivl, infinitive at fortvivle, present tense fortvivler, past tense fortvivlede, perfect tense fortvivlet)

to despair

Conjugation

Conjugation of fortvivle

	active	passive
present	fortvivler	fortvivles
past	fortvivlede	fortvivledes
infinitive	fortvivle	fortvivles
imperative	fortvivl	—

	participle
present	fortvivlende
past	fortvivlet (auxiliary verb have)
gerund	fortvivlen

Related terms

References

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