forakte

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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)

  1. to scorn, despise
    Synonyms: ringeakte, se ned på, vanvørde, vanvøre
  2. (literary) to ignore, overlook
    Synonyms: overse, ignorere

References

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)

  1. to scorn, despise
    Synonyms: se ned på, vanvyrde, vanvørde
  2. (literary) to ignore, overlook
    Synonyms: oversjå, ignorere

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