skrive

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Saxon skrīban, from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban, cognate with English shrive, German schreiben, Dutch schrijven (Norwegian skrive and Swedish skriva are also borrowed from Old Saxon). The verb is a loan from Latin scrībō (to write).

Pronunciation

Verb

skrive (past tense skrev, past participle skrevet, attributive common skreven, attributive plural or definite skrevne)

  1. to write (on any medium, including electronic ones)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skrive
active passive
present skriver skrives
past skrev skreves
infinitive skrive skrives
imperative skriv
participle
present skrivende
past skrevet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund skriven

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skrifa, from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a late borrowing from Latin scrībō (write). Compare with Danish skrive, Swedish skriva, Icelandic skrifa, West Frisian skriuwe, English shrive, Low German schrieven, Dutch schrijven, German schreiben.

Pronunciation

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Verb

skrive (imperative skriv, present tense skriver, passive skrives, simple past skrev or skreiv, past participle skrevet, present participle skrivende)

  1. to write
    • Kaja Korsvold, "Forfatter om Afghanistan: Vi var der for å drepe dragen", Aftenposten, March 2nd 2016.
      Danske Carsten Jensen har med boken Den første sten, skrevet den første store nordiske romanen fra Afghanistan.
    • Kjetil S. Østli, Frederik Sandberg, "I en verden for seg selv"", Aftenposten, October 19th 2011.
      Han gikk med store forfatterdrømmer, søkte isolasjon, skrev og drakk kaffe og skrev, med Metallica fra høyttalerne, i et forsøk på å bli suggerert inn i noe.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse skrifa, from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a late borrowing from Latin scrībō (write). Compare Danish skrive, Swedish skriva, Icelandic skrifa, West Frisian skriuwe, English shrive, Low German schrieven, Dutch schrijven, German schreiben. Doublet of rive and scripte.

Pronunciation

Verb

skrive (present tense skriv, past tense skreiv, supine skrive, past participle skriven, present participle skrivande, imperative skriv)

  1. to write
    Eg skal skrive ei bok.I will write a book.

Derived terms

References

  • “skrive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “skriva”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “skriva” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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