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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Noun
gifte
- plural of gif
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See gift (“poison”).
Noun
gifte c
- indefinite plural of gift
Etymology 2
See gift (“married”)
Adjective
gifte
- inflection of gift:
- definite singular
- plural
Etymology 3
From Old Norse gipta (“give away in marriage”), a specialized use of gipt (“gift”).
Verb
gifte (imperative gift, infinitive at gifte, present tense gifter, past tense giftede, perfect tense har giftet)
- marry
Synonyms
- (to give children away in marriage): bortgifte
- (to take for husband or wife): ægte
- (to perform the ceremony of joining spouses): vie
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.
Noun
gifte f
- gift, present
- gift, talent
Inflection
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Descendants
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
gifte
- definite singular of gift
- plural of gift
Etymology 2
From Old Norse gipta.
Verb
gifte (imperative gift, present tense gifter, simple past and past participle gifta or giftet)
- (reflexive) to marry or wed
- gifte seg på nytt ― to remarry
- (non-reflexive) gifte bort sin datter - (of a father) to give one's daughter away (in marriage)
Derived terms
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
gifte
- definite singular and plural of gift
Derived terms
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
ġifte
- inflection of ġift:
- nominative plural
- accusative singular/plural
- genitive/dative singular
Swedish
Adjective
gifte
- definite natural masculine singular of gift
Noun
gifte n
- (somewhat formal) a marriage
- Synonym: äktenskap
Declension
Verb
gifte
- past indicative of gifta
References