tegne

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse teikna, from Proto-Germanic *taiknijaną, cognate with German zeichnen and Dutch tekenen. Derived from the noun *taiką (“sign”), cf. Danish tegn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢɑjnə]

Verb

tegne (imperative tegn, infinitive at tegne, present tense tegner, past tense tegnede, perfect tense har tegnet)

1. draw
2. design
3. represent
4. appear, seem, promise
5. sign a contract

Inflection

Conjugation of tegne

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	tegne	tegnes
Present tense	tegner	tegnes
Past tense	tegnede	tegnedes
Imperative	tegn	-
Participle
Present	tegnende
Past	tegnet
Gerund	tegnen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse teikna, tákna, and German zeichnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæ̂ɪ̯nɛ/, [ˈtʰæ̂ɪ.nə]

Verb

tegne (imperative tegn, present tense tegner, passive tegnes, simple past and past participle tegna or tegnet, present participle tegnende)

1. to draw (produce a drawing or picture)

Derived terms

• fulltegnet, fulltegna
• kjennetegne
• nedtegne
• overtegne
• tegnebord
• tegning
• undertegne

 

See also

• teikne (Nynorsk)

References

• “tegne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.