kvetje
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Old Norse verb hvetja, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną. Akin to English whet. The noun is derived from the verb.
Verb
[edit]kvetje (present tense kvet, past tense kvatte, past participle kvatt, present participle kvetjande, imperative kvet)
- (transitive) to whet (e.g. a scythe)
- Synonym: kvesse
Alternative forms
[edit]- kvetja (a- and split infinitives)
Derived terms
[edit]- kvetjar m
Noun
[edit]kvetje f (definite singular kvetja, indefinite plural kvetjer, definite plural kvetjene)
Alternative forms
[edit]- kvetja (non-standard since 2012)
- kvetju (Midlandsnormalen)
References
[edit]- “kvetje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk transitive verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
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