gifte

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Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gifte

  1. plural of gif

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡiftə/, [ˈɡ̊ifd̥ə]

Etymology 1[edit]

See gift (poison).

Noun[edit]

gifte c

  1. indefinite plural of gift

Etymology 2[edit]

See gift (married)

Adjective[edit]

gifte

  1. inflection of gift:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse gipta (give away in marriage), a specialized use of gipt (gift).

Verb[edit]

gifte (imperative gift, infinitive at gifte, present tense gifter, past tense giftede, perfect tense har giftet)

  1. marry
Synonyms[edit]
  • (to give children away in marriage): bortgifte
  • (to take for husband or wife): ægte
  • (to perform the ceremony of joining spouses): vie

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun[edit]

gifte f

  1. gift, present
  2. gift, talent

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: gift, gif
  • Limburgish: gif

Further reading[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gifte

  1. definite singular of gift
  2. plural of gift

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse gipta.

Verb[edit]

gifte (imperative gift, present tense gifter, simple past and past participle gifta or giftet)

  1. (reflexive) to marry or wed
    gifte seg på nyttto remarry
  2. (non-reflexive) gifte bort sin datter - (of a father) to give one's daughter away (in marriage)
Derived terms[edit]

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gifte

  1. definite singular and plural of gift

Derived terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gifte

  1. definite natural masculine singular of gift

Noun[edit]

gifte n

  1. (somewhat formal) a marriage
    Synonym: äktenskap

Declension[edit]

Declension of gifte 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gifte giftet giften giftena
Genitive giftes giftets giftens giftenas

Related terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

gifte

  1. past indicative of gifta

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