oversætte

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Danish

Etymology

From over (“over”) +‎ sætte (“place, put, set”). Calque of Middle Low German oversetten and German übersetzen, itself probably a calque of New Latin trādūcō (“to lead across, translate”). Compare Swedish översätta and Norwegian Bokmål oversette.

Pronunciation

Verb

oversætte (past tense oversatte, past participle oversat)

  1. to translate

Conjugation

Conjugation of oversætte
active passive
present oversætter oversættes
past oversatte oversattes
infinitive oversætte oversættes
imperative oversæt —
participle
present oversættende
past oversat
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund oversætten

Derived terms

References

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