gisne
Danish
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editEtymology
editFrom Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gåde (“a riddle”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”), Dutch gis (“a guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitiskōną). More at guess.
Verb
editgisne (present tense gisner, past tense gisnede, past participle gisnet)
- to guess (have a presumption about (someone/something))
Conjugation
editInflection of gisne
Synonym
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edit- “gisne” in Den Danske Ordbog