beskrive
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From be (“on”) + skrive (“to write”), a calque of Middle Low German beschrīven and German beschreiben (in turn a calque of Latin dēscrībō).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
beskrive (past tense beskrev, past participle beskrevet, attributive common beskreven, attributive plural or definite beskrevne)
- to describe
Conjugation edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German beschriven or bescriven.
Verb edit
beskrive (imperative beskriv, present tense beskriver, passive beskrives, simple past beskreiv or beskrev, past participle beskrevet, present participle beskrivende)
- to describe
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “beskrive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German beschriven or bescriven, via Bokmål.
Verb edit
beskrive (present tense beskriv, past tense beskreiv, past participle beskrive, passive infinitive beskrivast, present participle beskrivande, imperative beskriv)
- to describe
References edit
- “beskrive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.