forvanske

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From for- +‎ Old Danish vanske.

Verb

forvanske (imperative forvansk, present tense forvansker, passive forvanskes, simple past and past participle forvanska or forvansket, present participle forvanskende)

1. to distort, corrupt, garble, mutilate (e.g. a text)

Derived terms

• forvanskning

References

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