ægte
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German echt, whence also German echt (“lawful”). Originally a compound of 1. Middle Low German ē (“law, marriage”) (German Ehe (“marriage”)), from Proto-Germanic *aiwǭ, *aiwaz (“law”), and 2. German -haft, from Proto-Germanic *haftaz (“captured, afflicted”).
The verb is derived form the adjective.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ægte
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of ægte | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | ægte | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | ægte | — | —2 |
Plural | ægte | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | ægte | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Antonyms
[edit]Verb
[edit]ægte (imperative ægt, infinitive at ægte, present tense ægter, past tense ægtede, perfect tense har ægtet)
- to marry