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