beskrive
Danish
Etymology
From be (“on”) + skrive (“to write”), a calque of Middle Low German beschrīven and German beschreiben (in turn a calque of Latin dēscrībō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beskriːˀvə/, [b̥eˈsɡ̊ʁiˀʋə], [b̥eˈsɡ̊ʁiwˀʊ]
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German beschriven or bescriven.
Verb
beskrive (imperative beskriv, present tense beskriver, passive beskrives, simple past beskreiv or beskrev, past participle beskrevet, present participle beskrivende)
- to describe
Derived terms
References
- “beskrive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German beschriven or bescriven, via Bokmål.
Verb
beskrive (present tense beskriv, past tense beskreiv, past participle beskrive, passive infinitive beskrivast, present participle beskrivande, imperative beskriv)
- to describe
References
- “beskrive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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