"foregå" meaning in All languages combined

See foregå on Wiktionary

Verb [Danish]

Etymology: From Middle Low German vorgan. Cognate with Dutch voorgaan. Etymology templates: {{bor|da|gml|vorgan}} Middle Low German vorgan, {{cog|nl|voorgaan}} Dutch voorgaan Head templates: {{head|da|verbs|imperative|foregå|infinitive|at foregå|present tense|foregår|past tense|foregik|perfect tense|foregået|f1request=1|f3request=1|f4request=1|f5request=1|head=}} foregå (imperative foregå, infinitive at foregå, present tense foregår, past tense foregik, perfect tense foregået), {{da-verb|foregå|foregå|foregår|foregik||foregået}} foregå (imperative foregå, infinitive at foregå, present tense foregår, past tense foregik, perfect tense foregået) Forms: foregå [imperative], at foregå [infinitive], foregår [present], foregik [past], foregået [perfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], foregå [active, infinitive], foregås [infinitive, passive], foregår [active, present], foregås [passive, present], foregik [active, past], - [passive, past], foregå [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], foregående [participle, present], (have /havde /er /var) foregået [participle, past], foregåen [gerund, participle]
  1. to happen, to transpire Synonyms: ske, hænde
    Sense id: en-foregå-da-verb-p~xLilab Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish links with redundant alt parameters, Danish links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 47 42 11 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant alt parameters: 44 42 14 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant wikilinks: 38 41 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 28 14 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 30 8 9 8
  2. to influence or train others (by behaviour)
    Sense id: en-foregå-da-verb-zh~Yrkhb Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish links with redundant alt parameters, Danish links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 47 42 11 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant alt parameters: 44 42 14 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant wikilinks: 38 41 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 28 14 14 14
  3. (archaic) to precede Tags: archaic Synonyms: forudgå
    Sense id: en-foregå-da-verb-SnGIbnmf Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish links with redundant alt parameters, Danish links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 47 42 11 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant alt parameters: 44 42 14 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant wikilinks: 38 41 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 28 14 14 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foregående

Verb [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: foregå [imperative], foregår [present], foregås [passive], foregikk [past], foregått [participle, past], foregående [participle, present]
Etymology: From fore- + gå. Etymology templates: {{prefix|nb|fore|gå}} fore- + gå Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|foregå|present tense|foregår|passive|foregås|simple past|foregikk|past participle|foregått|present participle|foregående}} foregå (imperative foregå, present tense foregår, passive foregås, simple past foregikk, past participle foregått, present participle foregående)
  1. to go on, happen, take place
    Sense id: en-foregå-nb-verb-Z3MG1SX0 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 28 14 14 14
  2. to precede
    Sense id: en-foregå-nb-verb-SnGIbnmf Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 28 14 14 14

Inflected forms

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          "_dis": "47 42 11",
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          "english": "set a good example",
          "text": "foregå med et godt eksempel",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "set a good example",
          "text": "foregå med et godt eksempel",
          "translation": "set a good example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to precede"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "precede",
          "precede"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "foregå"
}

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  "msg": "Negatively nested table braces, couldn't split inflection section, foregå/Danish section conjugation",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Danish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "foregå",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "page/1896",
  "msg": "Template nesting error: template_nesting = 2 couldn't split inflection templates, foregå/Danish section conjugation",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
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