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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Sicht, from Proto-Germanic *sihtiz, cognate with English sight. Derived from the verb *sehwaną (“to see”) (Danish se).
Noun
sigt c or n (singular definite sigten or sigtet, not used in plural form)
- sight, visibility
- 1998, Ib Ivar Dahl, Englevagt / https://books.google.dk/books?id=lJzkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT155
Skønt sigten var god, og båden kom nærmere, kunne jeg ikke få øje på den.- Even though the sight was good and the boat was approaching, I couldn't spot it.
2002, Claus Ahlefeldt, Så er det Egeskov, Claus!:Vi var på kurs op igennem Lillebælt, og sigtet var dårligt på grund af stadige byger med tågeagtig finregn.- We were sailing through Lillebælt, and the sight was bad because of the constant showers with a foggy drizzle
- view, term (period of time)
- in phrases like på lang sigt or på sigt (“in the long term”), på kort sigt (“in the short term”)
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sigt
- imperative of sigte