"forbarme" meaning in Danish

See forbarme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [fʌˈbɑˀmə]
Etymology: From Middle Low German (sik) vorbarmen (“to care about the poor”), a derivation from Middle Low German arm (“poor”), see Danish arm. Cognates include Swedish förbarma and German erbarmen Etymology templates: {{bor|da|gml|(sik) vorbarmen||to care about the poor}} Middle Low German (sik) vorbarmen (“to care about the poor”), {{cog|gml|arm||poor}} Middle Low German arm (“poor”), {{cog|da|arm}} Danish arm, {{cog|sv|förbarma}} Swedish förbarma, {{cog|de|erbarmen}} German erbarmen Head templates: {{head|da|verb|past tense|forbarmede|past participle|forbarmet}} forbarme (past tense forbarmede, past participle forbarmet) Forms: forbarmede [past], forbarmet [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], forbarmer [active, present], forbarmes [passive, present], forbarmede [active, past], forbarmedes [passive, past], forbarme [active, infinitive], forbarmes [infinitive, passive], forbarm [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], forbarmende [participle, present], forbarmet [participle, past], auxiliary verb have [participle, past], forbarmen [gerund, participle]
  1. (reflexive, transitively with over) to take pity (on someone) (and help them) Tags: reflexive, transitive Synonyms: miskunde
    Sense id: en-forbarme-da-verb-utBu4NsE Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18
  2. (interjection, archaic) used as an exclamation to express surprise, astonishment, concern, or other emotions. Tags: archaic, interjection
    Sense id: en-forbarme-da-verb-uOJQFamG
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "(sik) vorbarmen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to care about the poor"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German (sik) vorbarmen (“to care about the poor”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "arm",
        "3": "",
        "4": "poor"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German arm (“poor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "arm"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish arm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "förbarma"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish förbarma",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "erbarmen"
      },
      "expansion": "German erbarmen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German (sik) vorbarmen (“to care about the poor”), a derivation from Middle Low German arm (“poor”), see Danish arm. Cognates include Swedish förbarma and German erbarmen",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forbarmede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarm",
      "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": "forbarmende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past tense",
        "4": "forbarmede",
        "5": "past participle",
        "6": "forbarmet"
      },
      "expansion": "forbarme (past tense forbarmede, past participle forbarmet)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take pity (on someone) (and help them)"
      ],
      "id": "en-forbarme-da-verb-utBu4NsE",
      "links": [
        [
          "over",
          "over#Danish"
        ],
        [
          "take pity",
          "take pity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive, transitively with over) to take pity (on someone) (and help them)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with over"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "miskunde"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "God have mercy! (interjection). What is a poor person like me supposed to do?",
          "text": "Du forbarmende! (adjective). Hvad skal et stakkels menneske som jeg dog gøre?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used as an exclamation to express surprise, astonishment, concern, or other emotions."
      ],
      "id": "en-forbarme-da-verb-uOJQFamG",
      "links": [
        [
          "exclamation",
          "exclamation"
        ],
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise"
        ],
        [
          "astonishment",
          "astonishment"
        ],
        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interjection, archaic) used as an exclamation to express surprise, astonishment, concern, or other emotions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "interjection"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fʌˈbɑˀmə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forbarme"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Danish verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "(sik) vorbarmen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to care about the poor"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German (sik) vorbarmen (“to care about the poor”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "arm",
        "3": "",
        "4": "poor"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German arm (“poor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "arm"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish arm",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "förbarma"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish förbarma",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "erbarmen"
      },
      "expansion": "German erbarmen",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German (sik) vorbarmen (“to care about the poor”), a derivation from Middle Low German arm (“poor”), see Danish arm. Cognates include Swedish förbarma and German erbarmen",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forbarmede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarm",
      "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": "forbarmende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forbarmen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past tense",
        "4": "forbarmede",
        "5": "past participle",
        "6": "forbarmet"
      },
      "expansion": "forbarme (past tense forbarmede, past participle forbarmet)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take pity (on someone) (and help them)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "over",
          "over#Danish"
        ],
        [
          "take pity",
          "take pity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive, transitively with over) to take pity (on someone) (and help them)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with over"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "miskunde"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with archaic senses",
        "Danish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "God have mercy! (interjection). What is a poor person like me supposed to do?",
          "text": "Du forbarmende! (adjective). Hvad skal et stakkels menneske som jeg dog gøre?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used as an exclamation to express surprise, astonishment, concern, or other emotions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exclamation",
          "exclamation"
        ],
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise"
        ],
        [
          "astonishment",
          "astonishment"
        ],
        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interjection, archaic) used as an exclamation to express surprise, astonishment, concern, or other emotions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "interjection"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fʌˈbɑˀmə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forbarme"
}

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