friste

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfʁɛsd̥ə]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish fræstæ, from Old Norse freista, from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną, a North Germanic variant of *fraisōną.

Verb

friste (past tense fristede, past participle fristet)

1. to tempt

Conjugation

Inflection of friste

	present	past
simple	frister	fristede
perfect	har fristet	havde fristet
passive	fristes	fristedes
participle	fristende	fristet
imperative	frist	—
infinitive	friste	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	fristen	—

Derived terms

• frister
• fristelse

Etymology 2

From German fristen (“to live”), derived from the noun Frist (“term”). Compare Old Norse fresta (“to postpone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfʁɛsd̥ə]

Verb

friste (past tense fristede, past participle fristet)

1. to live (with objects like en kummerlig tilværelse (“a miserable life”))

Conjugation

Inflection of friste

	present	past
simple	frister	fristede
perfect	har fristet	havde fristet
passive	fristes	fristedes
participle	fristende	fristet
imperative	frist	—
infinitive	friste	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	fristen	—