spise

See also: spíše

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German spīse, from Old Saxon spīsa, from Latin expensa. Cognates include German Speise and German speisen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːsə/, [ˈsb̥iːsə]

• audio

  (file)

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 (imperative spis, infinitive at spise, present tense spiser, past tense spiste, perfect tense har spist)

1. eat

Conjugation

Inflection of spise

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

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.

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

• spiseskje
• spisested

References

• “spise” in The Bokmål Dictionary.