"elske" meaning in Danish

See elske in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛlsɡə/, [ˈelsɡ̊ə], [ˈelskə]
Etymology: From Old Danish ælskæ, from Old Norse elska (“to love”), from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”), from *aliskaz (“dear, precious”). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|ælskæ}} Old Danish ælskæ, {{inh|da|non|elska||to love}} Old Norse elska (“to love”), {{inh|da|gem-pro|*aliskōną||to care for, cultivate, cherish}} Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”) Head templates: {{head|da|verbs|imperative|elsk|infinitive|at elske|present tense|elsker|past tense|elskede|perfect tense|elsket|f1request=1|f3request=1|f4request=1|f5request=1|head=}} elske (imperative elsk, infinitive at elske, present tense elsker, past tense elskede, perfect tense elsket), {{da-verb|elsk|elske|elsker|elskede||elsket}} elske (imperative elsk, infinitive at elske, present tense elsker, past tense elskede, perfect tense elsket) Forms: elsk [imperative], at elske [infinitive], elsker [present], elskede [past], elsket [perfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], elske [active, infinitive], elskes [infinitive, passive], elsker [active, present], elskes [passive, present], elskede [active, past], elskedes [passive, past], elsk [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], elskende [participle, present], (have /havde) elsket [participle, past], elsken [gerund, participle]
  1. to love
    Sense id: en-elske-da-verb-N-OMg8z- Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish links with redundant alt parameters, Danish links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Love Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Love: 75 25
  2. to make love
    Sense id: en-elske-da-verb-GKqO0GyG Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish links with redundant alt parameters, Danish links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Danish links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: elskelig, elsker, forelske, fremelske, frihedselskende, højtelskende, knuselske, kunstelskende, opelske, uelsket

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hade"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "elskelig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "elsker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "forelske"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fremelske"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frihedselskende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "højtelskende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "knuselske"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kunstelskende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "opelske"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "uelsket"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "ælskæ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish ælskæ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "elska",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to love"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse elska (“to love”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aliskōną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to care for, cultivate, cherish"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish ælskæ, from Old Norse elska (“to love”), from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”), from *aliskaz (“dear, precious”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "elsk",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at elske",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsker",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsket",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elske",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsker",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(have /havde) elsket",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "elskede",
        "11": "perfect tense",
        "12": "elsket",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "elsk",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at elske",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "elsker",
        "9": "past tense",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "elske (imperative elsk, infinitive at elske, present tense elsker, past tense elskede, perfect tense elsket)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elsk",
        "2": "elske",
        "3": "elsker",
        "4": "elskede",
        "5": "",
        "6": "elsket"
      },
      "expansion": "elske (imperative elsk, infinitive at elske, present tense elsker, past tense elskede, perfect tense elsket)",
      "name": "da-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "da",
          "name": "Love",
          "orig": "da:Love",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to love"
      ],
      "id": "en-elske-da-verb-N-OMg8z-",
      "links": [
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make love"
      ],
      "id": "en-elske-da-verb-GKqO0GyG",
      "links": [
        [
          "make love",
          "make love"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛlsɡə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈelsɡ̊ə]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈelskə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elske"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hade"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Danish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "da:Love"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "elskelig"
    },
    {
      "word": "elsker"
    },
    {
      "word": "forelske"
    },
    {
      "word": "fremelske"
    },
    {
      "word": "frihedselskende"
    },
    {
      "word": "højtelskende"
    },
    {
      "word": "knuselske"
    },
    {
      "word": "kunstelskende"
    },
    {
      "word": "opelske"
    },
    {
      "word": "uelsket"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "ælskæ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish ælskæ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "elska",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to love"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse elska (“to love”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aliskōną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to care for, cultivate, cherish"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish ælskæ, from Old Norse elska (“to love”), from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”), from *aliskaz (“dear, precious”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "elsk",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at elske",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsker",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsket",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elske",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsker",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elskende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(have /havde) elsket",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elsken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "elskede",
        "11": "perfect tense",
        "12": "elsket",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "elsk",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at elske",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "elsker",
        "9": "past tense",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "elske (imperative elsk, infinitive at elske, present tense elsker, past tense elskede, perfect tense elsket)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elsk",
        "2": "elske",
        "3": "elsker",
        "4": "elskede",
        "5": "",
        "6": "elsket"
      },
      "expansion": "elske (imperative elsk, infinitive at elske, present tense elsker, past tense elskede, perfect tense elsket)",
      "name": "da-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to love"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make love"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make love",
          "make love"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛlsɡə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈelsɡ̊ə]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈelskə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elske"
}

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  "msg": "Template nesting error: template_nesting = 2 couldn't split inflection templates, elske/Danish section conjugation",
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