imitere

Danish

Etymology

From Latin imitārī, present infinitive of imitor (“imitate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imiterə/, [imiˈtˢeˀɐ]

Verb

imitere (imperative imiter, infinitive at imitere, present tense imiterer, past tense imiterede, perfect tense er/har imiteret)

1. to imitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of imitere

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	imitere	imiteres
Present tense	imiterer	imiteres
Past tense	imiterede	imiteredes
Imperative	imiter	-
Participle
Present	imiterende
Past	imiteret
Gerund	imiteren

Related terms

• imitation
• imitator

References

• “imitere” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

imitēre

1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of imitō
2. second-person singular present active subjunctive of imitor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin imitari.

Verb

imitere (imperative imiter, present tense imiterer, passive imiteres, simple past imiterte, past participle imitert, present participle imiterende)

1. to imitate
   • 1982 June 25, Bill Lancaster, 8:25 from the start, in The Thing, spoken by Norwegian (Norbert Weisser), Alaska: Turman-Foster Company; distributed by Universal Pictures:

     Se til helvete og kom dere vekk. Det er ikke en bikkje, det er en slags ting! Det imiterer en bikkje, det er ikke virkelig! Kom dere vekk, idioter!

     Get the hell outta there. That’s not a dog, it’s some sort of thing! It’s imitating a dog, it isn’t real! Get away, you idiots!

Synonyms

• etterligne, etterlikne

Related terms

• imitator

References

• “imitere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.