bygge

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse byggva, byggja, from Proto-Germanic *būwijaną (or possibly *buwwēną), cognate with Swedish bygga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /byɡə/, [ˈb̥yɡ̊ə]
  • Rhymes: -yɡə

Verb

bygge (past tense byggede, past participle bygget)

  1. to build, construct
  2. to craft

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse byggja.

Verb

bygge (imperative bygg, present tense bygger, passive bygges, simple past bygde or bygget, past participle bygd or bygget)

  1. to build

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

bygge (present tense bygger, past tense bygde, past participle bygt/bygd, passive infinitive byggast, present participle byggande, imperative bygg)

  1. Alternative form of byggja

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse byggja.

Noun

bygge n

  1. construction site; place where a building is being erected
  2. something which is constructed

Declension

Declension of bygge 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bygge bygget byggen byggena
Genitive bygges byggets byggens byggenas

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