Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Low German swichten.

Verb edit

svikte (imperative svikt, present tense svikter, passive sviktes, simple past svikta or sviktet, present participle sviktende)

  1. to fail
  2. to give way (collapse)

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

svikte (present tense sviktar, past tense svikta, past participle svikta, passive infinitive sviktast, present participle sviktande, imperative svikte/svikt)

  1. Alternative form of svikta