flyve

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish flyghæ, from Old Norse fljúga, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, cognate with English fly and German fliegen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flyːvə/, [ˈfl̥yːʋə], [ˈfl̥yːʊ]

Verb

flyve (past tense fløj, past participle fløjet)

  1. (intransitive) to fly (travel through the air)
  2. (intransitive) to rush, dash
  3. (transitive) to fly (steer an aircraft)

Conjugation

Conjugation of flyve
active passive
present flyver flyves
past fløj
infinitive flyve flyves
imperative flyv
participle
present flyvende
past fløjet
(auxiliary verb have or være)
gerund flyven

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

flyve

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1981; superseded by flyge