nekte

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

nekte

1. inflection of nekken:
   1. singular past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

Anagrams

• keten, teken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Possibly from nei

Possibly from Latin negāre ("to deny, refuse, reject").

Verb

nekte (imperative nekt, present tense nekter, passive nektes, simple past and past participle nekta or nektet, present participle nektende)

1. to refuse or decline
2. to deny (refuse to give something)

Derived terms

• fornekte

References

• “nekte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

nekte (present tense nektar, past tense nekta, past participle nekta, passive infinitive nektast, present participle nektande, imperative nekte/nekt)

1. Alternative form of nekta