"tænde" meaning in Danish

See tænde in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tɛnə/, [ˈtˢɛnə]
Etymology: From Old Danish tændæ, from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną, cognate with Norwegian tenne, Swedish tänna, English tend (dialect) (a different ablaut form in German zünden). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|tændæ}} Old Danish tændæ, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*tandijaną}} Proto-Germanic *tandijaną, {{cog|no|tenne}} Norwegian tenne, {{cog|sv|tänna}} Swedish tänna, {{cog|en|tend|pos=dialect}} English tend (dialect), {{cog|de|zünden}} German zünden Head templates: {{head|da|verb|past tense|tændte|past participle|tændt}} tænde (past tense tændte, past participle tændt) Forms: tændte [past], tændt [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], tænder [active, present], tændes [passive, present], tændte [active, past], tændtes [passive, past], tænde [active, infinitive], tændes [infinitive, passive], tænd [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tændende [participle, present], tændt [participle, past], auxiliary verb have [participle, past], tænden [gerund, participle]
  1. to kindle, ignite, set fire to
    Sense id: en-tænde-da-verb-~LQGy4He
  2. (activate a device, apparatus, artificial light or electrical process): to switch on, turn on
    Sense id: en-tænde-da-verb-LQNhEFPn
  3. to set in motion, cause to begin
    Sense id: en-tænde-da-verb-CGyw7g1O Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 61 9 6 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 8 63 8 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 5 73 6 6 7
  4. (release a flow of liquid or gas by rotating a valve or tap): to turn on (generally used with preposition for)
    Sense id: en-tænde-da-verb-cND3DTHG
  5. (archaic) to cause to shine, light up Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-tænde-da-verb-aWyP6yRZ
  6. to arouse, turn on
    Sense id: en-tænde-da-verb-TmochgRY

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "tændæ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish tændæ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tandijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tandijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "tenne"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian tenne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "tänna"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish tänna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tend",
        "pos": "dialect"
      },
      "expansion": "English tend (dialect)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "zünden"
      },
      "expansion": "German zünden",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish tændæ, from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną, cognate with Norwegian tenne, Swedish tänna, English tend (dialect) (a different ablaut form in German zünden).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tændte",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tænder",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændtes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tænde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tænd",
      "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": "tændende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tænden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past tense",
        "4": "tændte",
        "5": "past participle",
        "6": "tændt"
      },
      "expansion": "tænde (past tense tændte, past participle tændt)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to kindle, ignite, set fire to"
      ],
      "id": "en-tænde-da-verb-~LQGy4He",
      "links": [
        [
          "kindle",
          "kindle"
        ],
        [
          "ignite",
          "ignite"
        ],
        [
          "set fire to",
          "set fire to"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to switch on, turn on"
      ],
      "id": "en-tænde-da-verb-LQNhEFPn",
      "links": [
        [
          "switch on",
          "switch on"
        ],
        [
          "turn on",
          "turn on"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "activate a device; apparatus; artificial light or electrical process; activate a device; apparatus; artificial light or electrical process",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(activate a device, apparatus, artificial light or electrical process): to switch on, turn on"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 6 61 9 6 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 8 63 8 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 5 73 6 6 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to set in motion, cause to begin"
      ],
      "id": "en-tænde-da-verb-CGyw7g1O",
      "links": [
        [
          "set in motion",
          "set in motion"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Eventually he managed to turn on the water tap.",
          "text": "Omsider lykkedes det ham at tænde for vandhanen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don't turn the gas on yet!",
          "text": "Tænd ikke for gassen endnu!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn on (generally used with preposition for)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tænde-da-verb-cND3DTHG",
      "links": [
        [
          "turn on",
          "turn on"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "release a flow of liquid or gas by rotating a valve or tap",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(release a flow of liquid or gas by rotating a valve or tap): to turn on (generally used with preposition for)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to cause to shine, light up"
      ],
      "id": "en-tænde-da-verb-aWyP6yRZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "shine",
          "shine"
        ],
        [
          "light up",
          "light up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to cause to shine, light up"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to arouse, turn on"
      ],
      "id": "en-tænde-da-verb-TmochgRY",
      "links": [
        [
          "arouse",
          "arouse"
        ],
        [
          "turn on",
          "turn on"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛnə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtˢɛnə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tænde"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "tændæ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish tændæ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tandijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tandijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "tenne"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian tenne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "tänna"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish tänna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tend",
        "pos": "dialect"
      },
      "expansion": "English tend (dialect)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "zünden"
      },
      "expansion": "German zünden",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish tændæ, from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną, cognate with Norwegian tenne, Swedish tänna, English tend (dialect) (a different ablaut form in German zünden).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tændte",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tænder",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændtes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tænde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tænd",
      "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": "tændende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tændt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tænden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past tense",
        "4": "tændte",
        "5": "past participle",
        "6": "tændt"
      },
      "expansion": "tænde (past tense tændte, past participle tændt)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to kindle, ignite, set fire to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kindle",
          "kindle"
        ],
        [
          "ignite",
          "ignite"
        ],
        [
          "set fire to",
          "set fire to"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to switch on, turn on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "switch on",
          "switch on"
        ],
        [
          "turn on",
          "turn on"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "activate a device; apparatus; artificial light or electrical process; activate a device; apparatus; artificial light or electrical process",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(activate a device, apparatus, artificial light or electrical process): to switch on, turn on"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to set in motion, cause to begin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set in motion",
          "set in motion"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Eventually he managed to turn on the water tap.",
          "text": "Omsider lykkedes det ham at tænde for vandhanen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don't turn the gas on yet!",
          "text": "Tænd ikke for gassen endnu!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn on (generally used with preposition for)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn on",
          "turn on"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "release a flow of liquid or gas by rotating a valve or tap",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(release a flow of liquid or gas by rotating a valve or tap): to turn on (generally used with preposition for)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cause to shine, light up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shine",
          "shine"
        ],
        [
          "light up",
          "light up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to cause to shine, light up"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to arouse, turn on"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arouse",
          "arouse"
        ],
        [
          "turn on",
          "turn on"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛnə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtˢɛnə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tænde"
}

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