Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gåde (“a riddle”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”), Dutch gis (“a guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitiskōną). More at guess.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡis.nə/, [ˈkis.nə]
Verb
gisne (present tense gisner, past tense gisnede, past participle gisnet)
- to guess (have a presumption about (someone/something))
Conjugation
Conjugation of gisne
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active |
passive
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present
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gisner
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gisnes
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past
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gisnede
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gisnedes
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infinitive
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gisne
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gisnes
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imperative
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gisn
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participle
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present
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gisnende
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past
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gisnet (auxiliary verb have)
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gerund
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gisnen
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