nekta
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²nɛktɑ/
Verb
nekta (present tense nektar, past tense nekta, past participle nekta, passive infinitive nektast, present participle nektande, imperative nekta/nekt)
- to refuse
- 1860, Olaus Fjørtoft, translated from Emile Laveleye, "Kor vert de me Frankrik no?":
- Vyrtemberg so lite de er hev brukt fleire pengar til skule held de store Frankrik, som gav meir held 9 millionar daler til eit nytt komedihus, mea dei nekta 180,000 til nye skulehus.
- Württemberg, small as it is, has spent more money on schools than great France, which gave more than 9 million dollars for a new comedy theatre, while they refused 180,000 for new schools.
- 1860, Olaus Fjørtoft, translated from Emile Laveleye, "Kor vert de me Frankrik no?":
- to deny
Related terms
References
- “nekta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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