underskrive

Danish

Etymology

From under (“under”) +‎ skrive (“to write”), Calque of German unterschreiben and Latin subscrībō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onərskriːˀvə/, [ˈɔnɐˌsɡ̊ʁiˀʋə], [ˈɔnɐˌsɡ̊ʁiwˀʊ]

Verb

underskrive (past tense underskrev, past participle underskrevet, attributive common underskreven, attributive plural or definite underskrevne)

1. to sign (to put one's name on a document to validate it)

Conjugation

Inflection of underskrive

	present	past
simple	underskriver	underskrev
perfect	har underskrevet	havde underskrevet
passive	underskrives	underskreves
participle	underskrivende	underskrevet
imperative	underskriv	—
infinitive	underskrive	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	underskriven	—

References

• “underskrive” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From under- +‎ skrive, compare with German unterschreiben.

Verb

underskrive (imperative underskriv, present tense underskriver, passive underskrives, simple past underskrev or underskreiv, past participle underskrevet, present participle underskrivende)

1. to sign (a letter, document, agreement etc.)

References

• “underskrive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• underskriva

Etymology

From under- +‎ skrive.

Verb

underskrive (present tense underskriv, past tense underskreiv, past participle underskrive, passive infinitive underskrivast, present participle underskrivande, imperative underskriv)

1. to sign (a letter, document, agreement etc.)

References

• “underskrive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.