forringe

Danish

Etymology

for- +‎ ringe, from Middle Low German vorringen

Verb

forringe (imperative forring, infinitive at forringe, present tense forringer, past tense forringede, perfect tense har forringet)

1. make worse

Conjugation

Inflection of forringe

	present	past
simple	forringer	forringede
perfect	har forringet	havde forringet
passive	forringes	forringedes
participle	forringende	forringet
imperative	forring	—
infinitive	forringe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	forringen	—

Antonyms

• forbedre

References

• “forringe” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

for- +‎ ringe (“adjective”), from Middle Low German vorringen

Verb

forringe (imperative forring, present tense forringer, passive forringes, simple past and past participle forringa or forringet, present participle forringende)

1. to lessen, reduce
2. to depreciate
3. to disparage

References

• “forringe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “forringe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).