Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From for- +‎ tjene; from Low German or Middle Low German.

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fortjene (imperative fortjen, present tense fortjener, passive fortjenes, simple past fortjente, past participle fortjent, present participle fortjenende)

  1. to deserve (something)

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