besørge

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish besørge, from be- +‎ sørge (“to take care”). Calque of Middle Low German besorgen, cf. German besorgen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥eˈsɶɐ̯ˀwə], [b̥eˈsɶwˀə]

Verb

besørge (imperative besørg, infinitive at besørge, present tense besørger, past tense besørgede, perfect tense har besørget)

1. to attend to, see to

Conjugation

Conjugation of besørge

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	besørge	besørges
Present tense	besørger	besørges
Past tense	besørgede	besørgedes
Imperative	besørg	-
Participle
Present	besørgende
Past	besørget
Gerund	besørgen

References

• “besørge” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German besorgen.

Verb

besørge (imperative besørg, present tense besørger, passive besørges, simple past and past participle besørga or besørget, present participle besørgende)

1. to provide, take care of, take charge of

References

• “besørge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.