"befinde" meaning in Danish

See befinde in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Head templates: {{head|da|verb}} befinde Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], befinder [active, present], befindes [passive, present], befandt [active, past], befandts [passive, past], befinde [active, infinitive], befindes [infinitive, passive], befind [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], befindende [participle, present], befundet [participle, past], auxiliary verb have [participle, past], - [gerund, participle]
  1. (reflexive) to be located Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-befinde-da-verb-v9bLc9uU Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 7 32 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 5 36 6 9
  2. (obsolete, formal) to find, to deem, to determine Tags: formal, obsolete Synonyms: finde, konstatere
    Sense id: en-befinde-da-verb-smiTuAwH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: befindende

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "befindende"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befinder",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befindes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befandt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befandts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befinde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befindes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befind",
      "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": "befindende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befundet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "befinde",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 7 32 8 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 5 36 6 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was in a dark room.",
          "text": "Jeg befandt mig i et mørkt rum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be located"
      ],
      "id": "en-befinde-da-verb-v9bLc9uU",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to be located"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "... if it is found to be clear that he is either infamous for improper behaviour, or has done that same misdemeanour out of inebriation, ...",
          "ref": "1797, Kong Christian den Femtes danske lov, page 289:",
          "text": "... saafremt det befindes klarligen, at han enten for uskikkeligt Levnet er berygtet, eller af Drukkenskab samme Forseelse haver begaaet, ...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "If anything is found to have been removed from the forest, and the perpetrator cannot be found, the appropriate forest officer may bring one or two men and search, whereever he may have any suspicion, and none may prevent him from doing so.",
          "ref": "1836, Chronologisk samling af de kongelige forordninger og aabne breve, forst- og jegtvaesenet i det egentlige Danmark angaaende, som fra aaret 1660 til vore tider ere udkomne, Denmark, page 243:",
          "text": "Befindes Noget at være borttaget i Skoven og Gjærningsmanden ikke træffes, kan vedkommende Skovbetjent medtage een eller to Mænd og randsage, hvor han kan have nogen Formodning, hvori Ingen maa hindre",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "In several places, it was found that they had lit fires, ...",
          "ref": "1796, Beskrivelse over kongeriget Norge, øerne Island og Færøerne, samt Grønland, ...: forfattet i alphabetisk orden, page 780:",
          "text": "Paa en deel Steder befandtes at de havde optændt Ild, ...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to find, to deem, to determine"
      ],
      "id": "en-befinde-da-verb-smiTuAwH",
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "deem",
          "deem"
        ],
        [
          "determine",
          "determine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, formal) to find, to deem, to determine"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "finde"
        },
        {
          "word": "konstatere"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "befinde"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "befindende"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befinder",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befindes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befandt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befandts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befinde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befindes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befind",
      "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": "befindende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "befundet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "befinde",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was in a dark room.",
          "text": "Jeg befandt mig i et mørkt rum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be located"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to be located"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish formal terms",
        "Danish terms with obsolete senses",
        "Danish terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "... if it is found to be clear that he is either infamous for improper behaviour, or has done that same misdemeanour out of inebriation, ...",
          "ref": "1797, Kong Christian den Femtes danske lov, page 289:",
          "text": "... saafremt det befindes klarligen, at han enten for uskikkeligt Levnet er berygtet, eller af Drukkenskab samme Forseelse haver begaaet, ...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "If anything is found to have been removed from the forest, and the perpetrator cannot be found, the appropriate forest officer may bring one or two men and search, whereever he may have any suspicion, and none may prevent him from doing so.",
          "ref": "1836, Chronologisk samling af de kongelige forordninger og aabne breve, forst- og jegtvaesenet i det egentlige Danmark angaaende, som fra aaret 1660 til vore tider ere udkomne, Denmark, page 243:",
          "text": "Befindes Noget at være borttaget i Skoven og Gjærningsmanden ikke træffes, kan vedkommende Skovbetjent medtage een eller to Mænd og randsage, hvor han kan have nogen Formodning, hvori Ingen maa hindre",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "In several places, it was found that they had lit fires, ...",
          "ref": "1796, Beskrivelse over kongeriget Norge, øerne Island og Færøerne, samt Grønland, ...: forfattet i alphabetisk orden, page 780:",
          "text": "Paa en deel Steder befandtes at de havde optændt Ild, ...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to find, to deem, to determine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "deem",
          "deem"
        ],
        [
          "determine",
          "determine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, formal) to find, to deem, to determine"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "finde"
        },
        {
          "word": "konstatere"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "befinde"
}

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