pleje
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pleje
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From Old Danish plæghæ, borrowed from Middle Low German plegen, from Old Saxon plegan, from Proto-West Germanic *plehan.
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pleje (past tense plejede, past participle plejet)
- (governing an infinitive) use to, used to (signifies habitual or repeated events or circumstances.)
- Jeg plejer at gå en tur om morgenen.
- I usually go for a walk in the morning.
- Der plejer at være et skilt her.
- There is usually a sign here.
- Der plejede at være et hospital her.
- There used to be a hospital here.
- (transitive) to nurse, to care for, to maintain
- 2008, Sarah Zobel Kølpin, Lev dig lykkelig, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Vi er også efterhånden blevet klar over, at kroppen skal plejes i form af motion og kost, for ellers bliver vi syge og gamle før tid.
- We have also, by degrees, come to realize that the body must be nursed through exercise and food, for if not, we become sick and old prematurely.
- 1997, Nordic Council of Ministers, Forskningsaktiviteter på Færøerne og Grønland: forskningsamarbejde i Vestnorden I., →ISBN, page 72:
- BIOFAR har altså et større videnskabeligt netværk udadtil, som plejes i form af workshops, symposier og gæsteforskerophold på Færøerne.
- So BIOFAR has a larger scientific network outwardly, which is maintained through workshops, symposia, and visits by guest researchers on the Faroe Islands.
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- “pleje” in Den Danske Ordbog
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pleje
- the most; to the greatest degree