formå

See also: forma, formá, formà, fôrma, formą, formă, and förmå

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish formughe, formue, from Middle Low German vormogen, from vor- +‎ mogen (“may”), compare German vermögen. Doublet of formue and fortune. The second part of the verb is a cognate of Danish måtte (“can, must”), from Proto-Germanic *maganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʌˈmɔˀ]

Verb

formå (imperative formå, infinitive at formå, present tense formår, past tense formåede, perfect tense har formået)

1. to be capable, be able to
2. to persuade /someone/ to do /something/

Conjugation

Inflection of formå

	present	past
simple	formår	formåede
perfect	har formået	havde formået
passive	formåes	formåedes
participle	formående	formået
imperative	formå	—
infinitive	formå	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	formåen	—

Further reading

• “formå” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “formå” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German vormogen. Compare German vermögen.

Verb

formå (present tense formår, past tense formådde, past participle formått/formådd, passive infinitive formåast, present participle formåande, imperative formå)

1. (literary) to be capable of, to be able to

   Synonyms: greie, makte, få til, evle

Related terms

• formue

References

• “formå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.