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Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German spīse (noun), spīsen (verb), cognate with German Speise (noun), speisen (verb), borrowed from Latin expēnsa (“expense”) (Late Latin form spēsa).
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Noun
spise c (singular definite spisen, plural indefinite spiser)
- food
- dish
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Verb
spise (imperative spis, infinitive at spise, present tense spiser, past tense spiste, perfect tense har spist)
- to eat
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish spise, or directly from Middle Low German spīse, from Old Saxon spīsa, from Latin expensa (noun). Cognates include German Speise and German speisen.
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Verb
spise (imperative spis, present tense spiser, passive spises, simple past spiste, past participle spist, present participle spisende)
- to eat
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