spise

See also: spíše

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German spīse (noun), spīsen (verb), cognate with German Speise (noun), speisen (verb), borrowed from Latin expēnsa (“expense”) (Late Latin form spēsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːsə/, [ˈsb̥iːsə]

• audio

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• Rhymes: -iːsə

Noun

spise c (singular definite spisen, plural indefinite spiser)

1. food
2. dish

Inflection

Declension of spise

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spise	spisen	spiser	spiserne
genitive	spises	spisens	spisers	spisernes

Verb

spise (past tense spiste, past participle spist)

1. to eat

Inflection

Inflection of spise

	present	past
simple	spiser	spiste
perfect	har spist	havde spist
passive	spises	spistes
participle	spisende	spist
imperative	spis	—
infinitive	spise	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	spisen	—

See also

• æde

Anagrams

• pisse

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse spiza (verb), from Danish spise, or directly from Middle Low German spīse, from Old Saxon spīsa, from Latin expensa (noun). Cognates include German Speise and German speisen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspiːsə/

Verb

spise (imperative spis, present tense spiser, passive spises, simple past spiste, past participle spist, present participle spisende)

1. to eat

Synonyms

• ete
• gomle

Derived terms

Terms derived from spise

• møllspist
• spisebord
• spisebrikke

• spiselig
• spisepinne
• spiserør

• spiseskje
• spisested
• spisevogn

References

• “spise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.