synge

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Danish siungæ, from Old Norse syngja (“to sing”), from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsønɡə/, /ˈsøŋə/, [ˈsøŋŋ̍]

Verb edit

synge (imperative syng, infinitive at synge, present tense synger, past tense sang, perfect tense har sunget)

sing (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice)

Conjugation edit

Inflection of synge

	present	past
simple	synger	sang
perfect	har sunget	havde sunget
passive	synges	—
participle	syngende	sunget
imperative	syng	—
infinitive	synge	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	syngen	—

Middle English edit

Verb edit

synge

Alternative form of singen

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse syngja (“to sing”), from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.

Verb edit

synge (imperative syng, present tense synger, simple past sang, past participle sunget, present participle syngende)

to sing

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

sang (noun)
sanger, sangerinne

References edit

“synge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

synge (present tense syng, past tense song, past participle sunge, passive infinitive syngast, present participle syngande, imperative syng)

Alternative form of syngja

Anagrams edit

gysen, ynges