svigte
Appearance
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German swichten (“to yield”), cognate with Dutch zwichten (“to yield”), Middle High German swiften (“to silence”), and German beschwichtigen (“to conciliate”) (with Low German -cht-). These verbs are derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“moving”) (hence English swift), which is related to the verb *swībaną (“to move, sweep”) (hence Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (sweiban, “cease”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]svigte (imperative svigt, infinitive at svigte, present tense svigter, past tense svigtede, perfect tense har svigtet)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of svigte
References
[edit]- “svigte” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Verb
[edit]svigte (present tense svigtar, past tense svigta, past participle svigta, present participle svigtande, imperative svigte)