spise

See also: spíše

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiːsə/, [ˈsb̥iːsə], (colloquial) IPA(key): [ˈsb̥iː(i)s]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːsə

Noun

spise c (singular definite spisen, plural indefinite spiser)

  1. food
  2. dish

Declension

Declension of spise
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spise spisen spiser spiserne
genitive spises spisens spisers spisernes

Verb

spise (imperative spis, infinitive at spise, present tense spiser, past tense spiste, perfect tense har spist)

  1. to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of spise
active passive
present spiser spises
past spiste spistes
infinitive spise spises
imperative spis
participle
present spisende
past spist
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund spisen

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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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspiːsə/

Verb

spise (imperative spis, present tense spiser, passive spises, simple past spiste, past participle spist, present participle spisende)

  1. to eat

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