forjætte

Danish

Etymology

From for- and Old Danish iate, iætte (“to promise”), from Old Norse játta, from Proto-Germanic *ja(h?)atjaną (“to assent”), cognate with Norwegian jatte, Old English ġēatan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrjɛtə/, [fʌˈjɛd̥ə]

Verb

forjætte (past tense forjættede, past participle forjættet)

1. (archaic) to promise
2. especially in the Biblical expression det forjættede land (“the promised land”)

Conjugation

Inflection of forjætte

	present	past
simple	forjætter	forjættede
perfect	har forjættet	havde forjættet
passive	forjættes	forjættedes
participle	forjættende	forjættet
imperative	forjæt	—
infinitive	forjætte	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	forjætten	—

Derived terms

• forjættelse

References

• “forjætte” in Den Danske Ordbog