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Verb [Danish]

IPA: [fʌˈmɔˀ]
Etymology: From Old Danish formughe, formue, from Middle Low German vormogen, from vor- + mogen (“may”), compare German vermögen. Doublet of formue (“fortune”). The second part of the verb is a cognate of Danish måtte (“can, must”), from Proto-Germanic *maganą. Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|formughe}} Old Danish formughe, {{der|da|gml|vormogen}} Middle Low German vormogen, {{af|gml|vor-|mogen|nocat=1|t2=may}} vor- + mogen (“may”), {{cog|de|vermögen}} German vermögen, {{doublet|da|formue|t1=fortune}} Doublet of formue (“fortune”), {{cog|da|måtte||can, must}} Danish måtte (“can, must”), {{der|da|gem-pro|*maganą}} Proto-Germanic *maganą Head templates: {{head|da|verbs|imperative|formå|infinitive|at formå|present tense|formår|past tense|formåede|perfect tense|formået|f1accel-form=imp|f1request=1|f3accel-form=pres|f3request=1|f4accel-form=past|f4request=1|f5accel-form=past|part|f5request=1|head=}} formå (imperative formå, infinitive at formå, present tense formår, past tense formåede, perfect tense formået), {{da-verb|formå||formår|ede||et}} formå (imperative formå, infinitive at formå, present tense formår, past tense formåede, perfect tense formået) Forms: formå [imperative], at formå [infinitive], formår [present], formåede [past], formået [perfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], formår [active, present], formåes [passive, present], formåede [active, past], formåedes [passive, past], formå [active, infinitive], formåes [infinitive, passive], formå [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], formående [participle, present], formået [participle, past], auxiliary verb have [participle, past], formåen [gerund, participle]
  1. (slightly formal) to be capable, be able to Synonyms: evne
    Sense id: en-formå-da-verb-1iIzld5A 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: 57 43 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant alt parameters: 58 42 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant wikilinks: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
  2. to persuade /someone/ to do /something/
    Sense id: en-formå-da-verb-Fc95Q8pq Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: formåen

Verb [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: formår [present], formådde [past], formått [participle, past], formådd [participle, past], formåast [infinitive, passive], formåande [participle, present], formå [imperative]
Etymology: From Middle Low German vormogen. Compare German vermögen. Etymology templates: {{root|nn|ine-pro|*megʰ-}}, {{der|nn|gml|vormogen}} Middle Low German vormogen, {{cog|de|vermögen}} German vermögen Head templates: {{nn-verb-3}} formå (present tense formår, past tense formådde, past participle formått/formådd, passive infinitive formåast, present participle formåande, imperative formå)
  1. (literary) to be capable of, to be able to Tags: literary Synonyms: greie, makte, få til, evle Related terms: formue

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "formåen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "formughe"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish formughe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "vormogen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German vormogen",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "vor-",
        "3": "mogen",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t2": "may"
      },
      "expansion": "vor- + mogen (“may”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "vermögen"
      },
      "expansion": "German vermögen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "formue",
        "t1": "fortune"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of formue (“fortune”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "måtte",
        "3": "",
        "4": "can, must"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish måtte (“can, must”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*maganą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maganą",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish formughe, formue, from Middle Low German vormogen, from vor- + mogen (“may”), compare German vermögen. Doublet of formue (“fortune”). The second part of the verb is a cognate of Danish måtte (“can, must”), from Proto-Germanic *maganą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "formå",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at formå",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formår",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formået",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formår",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formå",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formå",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formående",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formået",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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        "11": "perfect tense",
        "12": "formået",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "formå",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at formå",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "formår",
        "9": "past tense",
        "f1accel-form": "imp",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3accel-form": "pres",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "past",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "past|part",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "formå (imperative formå, infinitive at formå, present tense formår, past tense formåede, perfect tense formået)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "formå",
        "2": "",
        "3": "formår",
        "4": "ede",
        "5": "",
        "6": "et"
      },
      "expansion": "formå (imperative formå, infinitive at formå, present tense formår, past tense formåede, perfect tense formået)",
      "name": "da-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be capable, be able to"
      ],
      "id": "en-formå-da-verb-1iIzld5A",
      "links": [
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ],
        [
          "be able to",
          "be able to"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "slightly formal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slightly formal) to be capable, be able to"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "evne"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to persuade /someone/ to do /something/"
      ],
      "id": "en-formå-da-verb-Fc95Q8pq",
      "links": [
        [
          "persuade",
          "persuade"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fʌˈmɔˀ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "formå"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*megʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "vormogen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German vormogen",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "vermögen"
      },
      "expansion": "German vermögen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German vormogen. Compare German vermögen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "formår",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formådde",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formått",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formådd",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåast",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåande",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formå",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "formå (present tense formår, past tense formådde, past participle formått/formådd, passive infinitive formåast, present participle formåande, imperative formå)",
      "name": "nn-verb-3"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "to be capable of, to be able to"
      ],
      "id": "en-formå-nn-verb-F0SXlOCc",
      "links": [
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ],
        [
          "be able to",
          "be able to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to be capable of, to be able to"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "formue"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "greie"
        },
        {
          "word": "makte"
        },
        {
          "word": "få til"
        },
        {
          "word": "evle"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "formå"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Danish doublets",
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Danish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Danish verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "formåen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "formughe"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "vormogen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German vormogen",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "vor-",
        "3": "mogen",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t2": "may"
      },
      "expansion": "vor- + mogen (“may”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "vermögen"
      },
      "expansion": "German vermögen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "formue",
        "t1": "fortune"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of formue (“fortune”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "måtte",
        "3": "",
        "4": "can, must"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish måtte (“can, must”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*maganą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maganą",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish formughe, formue, from Middle Low German vormogen, from vor- + mogen (“may”), compare German vermögen. Doublet of formue (“fortune”). The second part of the verb is a cognate of Danish måtte (“can, must”), from Proto-Germanic *maganą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "formå",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at formå",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formår",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formået",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formår",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formå",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formå",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formående",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formået",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "formåede",
        "11": "perfect tense",
        "12": "formået",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "formå",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at formå",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "formår",
        "9": "past tense",
        "f1accel-form": "imp",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3accel-form": "pres",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "past",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "past|part",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "formå (imperative formå, infinitive at formå, present tense formår, past tense formåede, perfect tense formået)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "formå",
        "2": "",
        "3": "formår",
        "4": "ede",
        "5": "",
        "6": "et"
      },
      "expansion": "formå (imperative formå, infinitive at formå, present tense formår, past tense formåede, perfect tense formået)",
      "name": "da-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish formal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be capable, be able to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ],
        [
          "be able to",
          "be able to"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "slightly formal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slightly formal) to be capable, be able to"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "evne"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to persuade /someone/ to do /something/"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "persuade",
          "persuade"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fʌˈmɔˀ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "formå"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*megʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "vormogen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German vormogen",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "vermögen"
      },
      "expansion": "German vermögen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German vormogen. Compare German vermögen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "formår",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formådde",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formått",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formådd",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåast",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formåande",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "formå",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "formå (present tense formår, past tense formådde, past participle formått/formådd, passive infinitive formåast, present participle formåande, imperative formå)",
      "name": "nn-verb-3"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "formue"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk literary terms",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *megʰ-",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk verbs",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be capable of, to be able to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ],
        [
          "be able to",
          "be able to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to be capable of, to be able to"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "greie"
        },
        {
          "word": "makte"
        },
        {
          "word": "få til"
        },
        {
          "word": "evle"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "formå"
}

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