gifte

• IPA^(key): /ˈχəf.tə/

gifte

1. plural of gif

• IPA^(key): /ɡiftə/, [ˈɡ̊ifd̥ə]

See gift (“poison”).

gifte c

1. indefinite plural of gift

See gift (“married”)

gifte

1. inflection of gift:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

From Old Norse gipta (“give away in marriage”), a specialized use of gipt (“gift”).

gifte (imperative gift, infinitive at gifte, present tense gifter, past tense giftede, perfect tense har giftet)

1. marry

• (to give children away in marriage): bortgifte
• (to take for husband or wife): ægte
• (to perform the ceremony of joining spouses): vie

From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

gifte f

1. gift, present
2. gift, talent

• Dutch: gift, gif
• Limburgish: gif

• “ghifte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gifte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

gifte

1. definite singular of gift
2. plural of gift

From Old Norse gipta.

gifte (imperative gift, present tense gifter, simple past and past participle gifta or giftet)

1. (reflexive) to marry or wed

   gifte seg på nytt ― to remarry

2. (non-reflexive) gifte bort sin datter - (of a father) to give one's daughter away (in marriage)

• inngifte

• “gifte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

gifte

1. definite singular and plural of gift

• (of noun) inngifte

• IPA^(key): /ˈjif.te/

ġifte

1. inflection of ġift:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular

gifte

1. definite natural masculine singular of gift

gifte n

1. (somewhat formal) marriage

   Synonym: äktenskap

• gifta
• giftermål

gifte

1. past indicative of gifta

• gifte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gifte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gifte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)