gifte

See also: Gifte

Afrikaans

Noun

gifte

  1. plural of gif

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡiftə/, [ˈɡ̊ifd̥ə]

Etymology 1

See gift (“poison”).

Noun

gifte c

  1. plural indefinite of gift

Etymology 2

See gift (“married”)

Adjective

gifte

  1. definite and plural of gift

Etymology 3

From Old Norse gipta (“give away in marriage”).

Verb

gifte (imperative gift, infinitive at gifte, present tense gifter, past tense giftede, perfect tense har giftet)

  1. marry
Synonyms
  • (to give children away in marriage): bortgifte
  • (to take for husband or wife): ægte
  • (to perform the ceremony of joining spouses): vie

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun

gifte f

  1. gift, present
  2. gift, talent

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “ghifte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “gifte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

gifte

  1. definite singular of gift
  2. plural of gift

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gipta

Verb

gifte (imperative gift, present tense gifter, simple past and past participle gifta or giftet)

  1. (reflexive) gifte seg - to marry or wed
    gifte seg på nytt - to remarry
  2. (non-reflexive) gifte bort sin datter - (of a father) to give one's daughter away (in marriage)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

gifte

  1. definite of gift
  2. plural of gift

Swedish

Adjective

gifte

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of gift.

Noun

gifte n

  1. a marriage

Declension

Declension of gifte 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gifte giftet giften giftena
Genitive giftes giftets giftens giftenas

Verb

gifte

  1. past tense of gifta.
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