dovne

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dofna.

Pronunciation

Verb

dovne (imperative dovn, infinitive at dovne, present tense dovner, past tense dovnede, perfect tense dovnet)

  1. to idle; to laze, relax (due to lack of energy)
    Synonyms: sløve, dase

Conjugation

Conjugation of dovne
active passive
present dovner
past dovnede
infinitive dovne
imperative dovn
participle
present dovnende
past dovnet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund dovnen

See also

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

dovne

  1. inflection of doven:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

dovne

  1. inflection of doven:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural