sove

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Danish souæ, from Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną. Cognate with Swedish sova and English asweve. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”) (whence also Sanskrit स्वपिति (svapiti)). From the same root also comes Danish søvn (“sleep”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /sɔvə/, [ˈsɒːʊ]

Verb edit

sove (past tense sov, past participle sovet)

sleep

Conjugation edit

Inflection of sove

	present	past
simple	sover	sov
perfect	har sovet	havde sovet
passive	soves	—
participle	sovende	sovet
imperative	sov	—
infinitive	sove	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	soven	—

Antonyms edit

være vågen

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

søvn

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French sauver (“save”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /sove/

Verb edit

sove

to save

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”).

Verb edit

sove (imperative sov, present tense sover, simple past sov, past participle sovet, present participle sovende)

to sleep.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

søvn

References edit

“sove” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

sova

Etymology edit

From Old Norse sofa.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /²soːʋə/

Verb edit

sove (present tense søv, past tense sov, supine sove, past participle soven, present participle sovande, imperative sov)