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.
oversætte (past tense oversatte, past participle oversat)
present | past | |
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simple | oversætter | oversatte |
perfect | har oversat | havde oversat |
passive | oversættes | oversattes |
participle | oversættende | oversat |
imperative | oversæt | — |
infinitive | oversætte | — |
auxiliary verb | have | — |
gerund | oversætten | — |