gisne

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gåde (“a riddle”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”), Dutch gis (“a guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitiskōną). More at guess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡis.nə/, [ˈkis.nə]

Verb

gisne (present tense gisner, past tense gisnede, past participle gisnet)

1. to guess (have a presumption about (someone/something))

Conjugation

Inflection of gisne

	present	past
simple	gisner	gisnede
perfect	har gisnet	havde gisnet
passive	gisnes	gisnedes
participle	gisnende	gisnet
imperative	gisn	—
infinitive	gisne	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	gisnen	—

Synonyms

• gætte

References

• “gisne” in Den Danske Ordbog