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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed via Middle Low German matte from Medieval Latin matta, of Semitic origin. Also borrowed to English mat and German Matte.
Noun
måtte c (singular definite måtten, plural indefinite måtter)
- mat
Declension
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mega (“must, may”), from Proto-Germanic *maganą, cognate with English may, German mögen. The original infinitive was lost and replaced by the past tense (in analogy with the verbs kunne (“could”), skulle (“should”), and ville (“would”), in which the infinitive and the past tense have become homophonous).
Verb
måtte (present må, past måtte, past participle måttet)
- must, have to, got to (duty or certainty)
- can, may (allowance)
- may (wish)
- may (possibility)
Conjugation
Inflection of måtte
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present
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past
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| simple
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må
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måtte
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| perfect
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har måttet
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havde måttet
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| passive
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—
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—
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| participle
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-
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måttet
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| imperative
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-
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—
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| infinitive
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måtte
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—
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| auxiliary verb
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have
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—
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| gerund
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—
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References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse mátta, Old Norse mega.
Verb
måtte (present tense må, simple past måtte, past participle måttet)
- must
- may (subjunctive present defective)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Verb
måtte (present tense må, past tense måtte, past participle mått or måtta)
- Alternative form of måtta
Swedish
Verb
måtte
- past indicative of må