måtte
Danish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed via Middle Low German matte from Medieval Latin matta, of Semitic origin. Also borrowed to English mat and German Matte.
Noun
editmåtte c (singular definite måtten, plural indefinite måtter)
Declension
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “måtte,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Norse mega (“must, may”), from Proto-Germanic *maganą, cognate with English may, German mögen. The original infinitive was lost and replaced by the past tense (in analogy with the verbs kunne (“could”), skulle (“should”), and ville (“would”), in which the infinitive and the past tense have become homophonous).
Verb
editmåtte (present må, past måtte, past participle måttet)
Conjugation
editReferences
edit- “måtte,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse mátta, Old Norse mega.
Verb
editmåtte (present tense må, simple past måtte, past participle måttet)
References
edit- “måtte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editPronunciation
editVerb
editmåtte (present tense må, past tense måtte, past participle mått or måtta)
- Alternative form of måtta
Swedish
editVerb
editmåtte
- past indicative of må
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