døbe

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse deypa (“to dip in water, baptize”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną (“to dip”). Cognate with German taufen and Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daupjan, “immerse, baptize”). The Christian meaning of the word may have spread from Gothic to the rest of the Germanic languages. The verb is likely originally a causative of Proto-Germanic *dūbaną (“to dive, sink”), with the younger variant *dupjaną extant in English dip and Danish dyppe (“to dip”) (a later borrowing from Low German düppen).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈd̥øːb̥ə]

Verb

døbe (imperative døb, infinitive at døbe, present tense døber, past tense døbte, perfect tense har døbt)

  1. to baptize
  2. to name

Conjugation
Inflection of døbe
present past
simple døber døbte
perfect har døbt havde døbt
passive døbes døbtes
participle døbende døbt
imperative døb —
infinitive døbe —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund døben —

References
  • “døbe” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “daupjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
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