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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German vorachten, verachten. Compare Danish foragte, Swedish förakta, Dutch verachten, German verachten.
Pronunciation
Verb
forakte (present tense forakter, past tense forakta or foraktet, past participle forakta or foraktet)
- to scorn, despise
- Synonyms: ringeakte, se ned på, vanvørde, vanvøre
- (literary) to ignore, overlook
- Synonyms: overse, ignorere
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German vorachten, verachten.
Pronunciation
Verb
forakte (present tense foraktar, past tense forakta, past participle forakta, passive infinitive foraktast, present participle foraktande, imperative forakte/forakt)
- to scorn, despise
- Synonyms: se ned på, vanvyrde, vanvørde
- (literary) to ignore, overlook
- Synonyms: oversjå, ignorere
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