fortryde

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish tryde, from Old Norse þrjóta, from Proto-Germanic *þreutaną (“to harass”), cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk tryta (archaic), Swedish tryta, German verdrießen. The Danish form with the prefix is influenced by Middle Low German vordrēten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrˈtryːˀðə/, [fʌˈtˢʁ̥yˀðə], [fʌˈtˢʁ̥yðˀə]

Verb

fortryde (past tense fortrød, past participle fortrudt)

1. to regret (to feel sorry about some past thing)

Conjugation

Inflection of fortryde

	present	past
simple	fortryder	fortrød
perfect	har fortrudt	havde fortrudt
passive	fortrydes	fortrøds
participle	fortrydende	fortrudt
imperative	fortryd	—
infinitive	fortryde	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	fortryden	—

Derived terms

• fortrydelse

References

• “fortryde” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “fortryde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog