formå

See also: forma, formá, formà, fôrma, formą, formă, and förmå

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish formughe, formue, from Middle Low German vormogen, from vor- +‎ mogen (“may”), compare German vermögen. Doublet of formue and fortune. The second part of the verb is a cognate of Danish måtte (“can, must”), from Proto-Germanic *maganą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fʌˈmɔˀ]

Verb

formå (imperative formå, infinitive at formå, present tense formår, past tense formåede, perfect tense har formået)

  1. to be capable, be able to
  2. to persuade /someone/ to do /something/

Conjugation
Inflection of formå
present past
simple formår formåede
perfect har formået havde formået
passive formåes formåedes
participle formående formået
imperative formå —
infinitive formå —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund formåen —

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German vormogen. Compare German vermögen.

Verb

formå (present tense formår, past tense formådde, past participle formått/formådd, passive infinitive formåast, present participle formåande, imperative formå)

  1. (literary) to be capable of, to be able to
    Synonyms: greie, makte, få til, evle

References
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