anse

Danish

Etymology

From an (“on”) +‎ se (“to see”), from German ansehen (“to look at, consider”). In both languages, the participle is used as an adjective with the meaning "respectable" (see anset, angesehen). Doublet of se an.

Pronunciation

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Verb

anse (imperative anse, infinitive at anse, present tense anser, past tense anså, perfect tense har anset)

1. to consider, regard

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃s/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French anse, from Late Old French anse, borrowed from Latin ānsa.

Noun

anse f (plural anses)

1. (geometry) an arc segment, from which an object is suspended
2. a handle, part of an object to be hand-held when used or moved
3. a small bay (body of water)

Related terms

• ansette
• ansière

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Hansa.

Noun

anse f (plural anses)

1. a hansa, system of collaborating port-states

Related terms

• anséatique (adjective)

Further reading

• “anse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• ânes

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.se/
• Rhymes: -anse
• Hyphenation: àn‧se

Noun

anse f

1. plural of ansa

Anagrams

• sane

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

an- +‎ se; from German ansehen

Verb

anse (imperative anse, present tense anser, passive anses or ansees, simple past anså, past participle ansett, present participle anseende)

1. to consider, regard

Derived terms

• uansett

References

• “anse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• anes, asen, ensa, nesa, sena

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• annse, insæ, inse

Etymology

From an- (“un-”) +‎ asse (“easy”), or directly from Proto-Celtic *an-sādo-syos (compare Middle Welsh anhawð, modern Welsh anodd (“difficult, troublesome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan͈se/

Adjective

anse (comparative ansu, superlative ansam)

1. difficult, impossible
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5^b28

     is inse ṅduit; ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.

     it is impossible for you sg; it is not you that nourish it, but it that nourishes you

Declension

Derived terms

• ní anse

Mutation

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ansae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish anse, from Middle Low German ansen. Equivalent to an- +‎ se.

Pronunciation

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Verb

anse (present anser, preterite ansåg, supine ansett, imperative anse)

1. to be of an opinion, to think, to believe, to feel

   Sven anser att Beatles var riktigt bra

   Sven thinks (is of the opinion) that the Beatles were really good

   Vi anser att den här metoden är mest lovande

   We believe (are of the opinion that) this method is the most promising

Conjugation

References

• anse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• anse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• asen, enas, nesa, sena, snea