akseptere

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acceptāre, present active infinitive of acceptō (“take or receive willingly”), from acceptus, perfect passive participle of accipiō (“receive, accept”), derived from ad (“to, toward”) + capiō (“take”). Compare with Norwegian Bokmål aksept, English accept and French accepter. Equivalent to aksept +‎ -ere.

Verb

akseptere

1. to accept, tolerate, agree to (see godta)

   Jeg kommer ikke til å akseptere at du farer frem slik.

   I will not tolerate you behaving like that.

   Så, hva sier du, aksepterer du tilbudet mitt?

   So, what do you say, do you accept my offer?

   • (Can we date this quote?), Dag Solstad, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Fotballen vet at den er kjedelig og aksepterer det. Heldigvis.

     Football knows it's boring and accepts it. Fortunately.

2. (banking) to accept, honour; To agree to pay a certain sum of money.

   Han nektet å akseptere vekselen.

   He refused to honour / accept the bill.

Conjugation

Conjugation of akseptere

Infinitive	å akseptere
Present	aksepterer
Past	aksepterte
Present perfect	har akseptert
Imperative	aksepter!
Past participle
masculine/feminine	akseptert
neuter	akseptert
definite	aksepterte
plural	aksepterte
Present participle¹
¹ indeclinable	aksepterende

Synonyms

• adoptere, anerkjenne, anta, avfinne seg med, finne seg i, forsone seg med, godkjenne, gå inn på, gå med på, si ja til, slå til

Derived terms

• akseptering

Related terms

• aksept
• akseptabel
• uakseptabel

References

• “akseptere” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “akseptere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “accept”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• akseptera

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acceptāre, present active infinitive of acceptō (“take or receive willingly”), from acceptus, perfect passive participle of accipiō (“receive, accept”), derived from ad (“to, toward”) + capiō (“take”). Compare with aksept, English accept and French accepter. Equivalent to aksept +‎ -ere.

Verb

akseptere (present tense aksepterer, past tense aksepterte, past participle akseptert, passive infinitive aksepterast, present participle aksepterande, imperative aksepter)

1. to accept, tolerate, agree to (see godta)

   Eg kjem ikkje til å akseptere at du farar fram slik.

   I will not tolerate you behaving like that.

   Football knows it's boring and accepts it. Fortunately.

   Så, kva seier du, aksepterer du tilbodet mitt?

   So, what do you say, do you accept my offer?

2. (banking) to accept, honour; To agree to pay a certain sum of money.

   Han nekta å akseptere vekselen.

   He refused to honour/accept the bill.

Synonyms

• adoptere, anerkjenne, anta/antake, finne seg i, forsone seg med, godkjenne, gå inn på, gå med på, seie ja til, slå til

Derived terms

• akseptering

Related terms

• aksept
• akseptabel
• uakseptabel

References

• “akseptere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “accept”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.