nekta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• nektet

Verb

nekta

1. inflection of nekte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nekte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²nɛktɑ/

Verb

nekta (present tense nektar, past tense nekta, past participle nekta, passive infinitive nektast, present participle nektande, imperative nekta/nekt)

1. to refuse
   • 1860, Olaus Fjørtoft, translated from Emile Laveleye, "Kor vert de me Frankrik no?":

     Vyrtemberg so lite de er hev brukt fleire pengar til skule held de store Frankrik, som gav meir held 9 millionar daler til eit nytt komedihus, mea dei nekta 180,000 til nye skulehus.

     Württemberg, small as it is, has spent more money on schools than great France, which gave more than 9 million dollars for a new comedy theatre, while they refused 180,000 for new schools.

2. to deny

Related terms

• nekting

References

• “nekta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.