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]

Verb

beskrive (past tense beskrev, past participle beskrevet, attributive common beskreven, attributive plural or definite beskrevne)

  1. to describe

Conjugation

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)

  1. to describe

Derived terms

References

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)

  1. to describe

References

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