møde

See also: mode and Mode

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmøːðə]

Etymology 1

Derived form the verb. Compare also Swedish möte n. It has replaced the older word Old Norse mót, derived from *mōtą, which has survived in Danish only as the preposition mod, imod.

Noun

møde n (singular definite mødet, plural indefinite møder)

1. meeting
2. encounter
3. appointment
4. conference
5. rally

Declension

Declension of møde

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	møde	mødet	møder	møderne
genitive	mødes	mødets	møders	mødernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mœta (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną, cognate with Swedish möta, English meet, Dutch moeten. Derived from *mōtą, hence Old Norse mót, English moot.

Verb

møde (imperative mød, infinitive at møde, present tense møder, past tense mødte, perfect tense har mødt)

1. to meet, encounter (transitive)
2. to show up (intransitive, normally with a preposition phrase)
3. (passive voice) to meet (reciprocal), see mødes

Conjugation

Inflection of møde

	present	past
simple	møder	mødte
perfect	har or er mødt	havde or var mødt
passive	mødes	mødtes
participle	mødende	mødt
imperative	mød	—
infinitive	møde	—
auxiliary verb	have or være	—
gerund	møden	—

References

• “møde” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mœði. Doublet of møye.

Noun

møde f or m (definite singular møda or møden, indefinite plural møder, definite plural mødene)

1. tiredness

References

• “møde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• møda (verb)
• (noun): møda (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology

From Old Norse mœða.

Verb

møde (present tense møder, past tense mødde, past participle mødt/mødd, passive infinitive mødast, present participle mødande, imperative mød)

1. (transitive) to make weary, wear out
2. (reflexive) to toil
3. (transitive) to bother

Derived terms

• møde ut

Noun

møde f (definite singular møda, indefinite plural møder, definite plural mødene)

1. tiredness, fatigue
2. a bother

References

• “møde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• døme, ødem