svikte

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Low German swichten.

Verb

svikte (imperative svikt, present tense svikter, passive sviktes, simple past svikta or sviktet, present participle sviktende)

1. to fail
2. to give way (collapse)

Derived terms

• svikt (noun)

References

• “svikte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

svikte (present tense sviktar, past tense svikta, past participle svikta, passive infinitive sviktast, present participle sviktande, imperative svikte/svikt)

1. Alternative form of svikta