savne
Appearance
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Danish saghnæ (“miss”), where the v comes from a consistent change of gh after vowels like a and o. Compare haghi → have. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål savne (from Danish), Norwegian Nynorsk sakne, Swedish sakna. Derived with the suffix -na from the verb saka (“to harm, blame”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]savne (past tense savnede, past participle savnet)
Conjugation
[edit]Inflection of savne
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Norwegian Bokmål: savne
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- sakne (Nynorsk also)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse sakna (“miss”).
Verb
[edit]savne (imperative savn, present tense savner, passive savnes, simple past and past participle savna or savnet, present participle savnende)
Related terms
[edit]- savn (noun)
References
[edit]- “savne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.