gifte

See also: Gifte

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχəf.tə/

Noun

gifte

1. plural of gif

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiftə/, [ˈɡ̊ifd̥ə]

Etymology 1

See gift (“poison”).

Noun

gifte c

1. indefinite plural of gift

Etymology 2

See gift (“married”)

Adjective

gifte

1. inflection of gift:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 3

From Old Norse gipta (“give away in marriage”), a specialized use of gipt (“gift”).

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-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun

gifte f

1. gift, present
2. gift, talent

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: gift, gif
• Limburgish: gif

Further reading

• “ghifte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gifte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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) 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)

Derived terms

• inngifte

References

• “gifte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

gifte

1. definite singular and plural of gift

Derived terms

• (of noun) inngifte

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjif.te/

Noun

ġifte

1. inflection of ġift:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular

Swedish

Adjective

gifte

1. definite natural masculine singular of gift

Noun

gifte n

1. (somewhat formal) a marriage

   Synonym: äktenskap

Declension

Declension of gifte

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gifte	giftes
	definite	giftet	giftets
plural	indefinite	giften	giftens
	definite	giftena	giftenas

Related terms

• gifta
• giftermål

Verb

gifte

1. past indicative of gifta

References

• gifte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gifte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gifte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)