vinne

See also: vinné

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Related to Swedish and Icelandic vinna, English win, Dutch winnen, Danish vinde and German gewinnen

Verb

vinne (imperative vinn, present tense vinner, passive vinnes, simple past vant, past participle vunnet, present participle vinnende)

  1. to win
  2. to gain
    vinne terreng - to gain ground

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vinne (present tense vinn, past tense vann, past participle vunne, present participle vinnande, imperative vinn)

  1. Alternative form of vinna

Swahili

Adjective

vinne

  1. Vi class inflected form of -nne.
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