"drøfte" meaning in All languages combined

See drøfte on Wiktionary

Verb [Danish]

Etymology: From older Modern Danish dryfte (“to clean grain over a sieve, to fall through”). Cognate with dryppe. Head templates: {{head|da|verbs|imperative|drøft|infinitive|at drøfte|present tense|drøfter|past tense|drøftede|perfect tense|drøftet|f1request=1|f3request=1|f4request=1|f5request=1|head=}} drøfte (imperative drøft, infinitive at drøfte, present tense drøfter, past tense drøftede, perfect tense drøftet), {{da-verb|drøft||er|ede||et}} drøfte (imperative drøft, infinitive at drøfte, present tense drøfter, past tense drøftede, perfect tense drøftet) Forms: drøft [imperative], at drøfte [infinitive], drøfter [present], drøftede [past], drøftet [perfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], drøfte [active, infinitive], drøftes [infinitive, passive], drøfter [active, present], drøftes [passive, present], drøftede [active, past], drøftedes [passive, past], drøft [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], drøftende [participle, present], (have /havde) drøftet [participle, past], - [gerund, participle]
  1. discuss, talk about Derived forms: drøftelse Related terms: vende, diskutere, debattere

Verb [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: drøft [imperative], drøfter [present], drøftes [passive], drøfta [participle, past], drøfta [past], drøftet [participle, past], drøftet [past], drøftende [participle, present]
Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|drøft|present tense|drøfter|passive|drøftes|simple past and past participle|drøfta|or|drøftet|present participle|drøftende}} drøfte (imperative drøft, present tense drøfter, passive drøftes, simple past and past participle drøfta or drøftet, present participle drøftende)
  1. to discuss, debate, talk over
    Sense id: en-drøfte-nb-verb-RdVHQ0UU Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: drøftar [present], drøfter [present], drøfta [past], drøfte [past], drøfta [participle, past], drøft [participle, past], drøftast [infinitive, passive], drøftande [participle, present], drøft [imperative]
Head templates: {{nn-verb-irreg|drøftar or drøfter|drøfta or drøfte|drøfta or drøft}} drøfte (present tense drøftar or drøfter, past tense drøfta or drøfte, past participle drøfta or drøft, passive infinitive drøftast, present participle drøftande, imperative drøft)
  1. e-infinitive form of drøfta (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)
    Sense id: en-drøfte-nn-verb-JffO8ECM Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "drøfte",
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      "form": "drøft",
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      "form": "drøftast",
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      "form": "drøftande",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "drøft",
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      "form": "drøfter",
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      "form": "drøftede",
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      "form": "drøftet",
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      "form": "drøftede",
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    {
      "form": "drøft",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "-",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "inflection-box-top",
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      "form": "drøftende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(have /havde) drøftet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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          "english": "They eagerly discussed the consequences of the most recent developments.",
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      "form": "drøfta",
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    {
      "form": "drøfter",
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        "present"
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      "form": "drøfta",
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    {
      "form": "drøfte",
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    {
      "form": "drøft",
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        "participle",
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      "form": "drøftast",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
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    },
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      "form": "drøftande",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "drøft",
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          "drøfta#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "drøfte"
}

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  "path": [
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  "title": "drøfte",
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