Danish
Etymology
From vare (“care”) + tage (“to take”), cf. also the phrase tage vare på. From Old Danish waretaghæ (“to observe”), cognate with Swedish tillvarata. In the modern language influenced by German wahrnehmen (“to notice, use”).
Pronunciation
Verb
varetage (varetag varetage, varetager varetog, har varetaget)
- look after, take care for
Declension
Conjugation of varetage
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active |
passive
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| present
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varetager
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varetages
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| past
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varetog
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—
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| infinitive
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varetage
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varetages
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| imperative
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varetag
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—
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participle
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| present
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varetagende
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| past
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varetaget
(auxiliary verb have)
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| gerund
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varetagen
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Derived terms
References
“varetage” in Den Danske Ordbog