oversætte

Danish

Etymology

From over (“over”) +‎ sætte (“place, put, set”). Calque of Middle Low German oversetten and German übersetzen, itself probably a calque of New Latin trādūcō (“to lead across, translate”). Compare Swedish översätta and Norwegian Bokmål oversette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔvərsɛtə/, [ˈɒwɐˌsɛd̥ə]

Verb

oversætte (past tense oversatte, past participle oversat)

  1. to translate

Conjugation

Conjugation of oversætte
active passive
present oversætter oversættes
past oversatte oversattes
infinitive oversætte oversættes
imperative oversæt —
participle
present oversættende
past oversat
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund oversætten

Derived terms

References

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