"tøve" meaning in Danish

See tøve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtøːvə/, [ˈtˢøːʋə], [ˈtˢøːʊ]
Etymology: From Middle Low German tȫven, from Proto-Germanic *tōbijaną, cognate with Dutch toeven (“to linger”). Derived from the noun *tōbą (“hesitation”) (Icelandic tóf) and related to the verb *tabijaną (“to delay”) (Old Norse tefja). Etymology templates: {{der|da|gml|tȫven}} Middle Low German tȫven, {{der|da|gem-pro|*tōbijaną}} Proto-Germanic *tōbijaną, {{cog|nl|toeven||to linger}} Dutch toeven (“to linger”), {{cog|is|tóf}} Icelandic tóf, {{cog|non|tefja}} Old Norse tefja Head templates: {{head|da|verbs|imperative|tøv|infinitive|at tøve|present tense|tøver|past tense|tøvede|perfect tense|har tøvet|f1accel-form=imp|f1request=1|f3accel-form=pres|f3request=1|f4accel-form=past|f4request=1|f5accel-form=past|part|f5request=1|head=}} tøve (imperative tøv, infinitive at tøve, present tense tøver, past tense tøvede, perfect tense har tøvet), {{da-verb|tøv|tøve|tøver|tøvede|har|tøvet}} tøve (imperative tøv, infinitive at tøve, present tense tøver, past tense tøvede, perfect tense har tøvet) Forms: tøv [imperative], at tøve [infinitive], tøver [present], tøvede [past], har tøvet [perfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], tøver [active, present], tøves [passive, present], tøvede [active, past], tøvedes [passive, past], tøve [active, infinitive], tøves [infinitive, passive], tøv [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tøvende [participle, present], tøvet [participle, past], auxiliary verb have [participle, past], tøven [gerund, participle]
  1. to hesitate (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
    Sense id: en-tøve-da-verb-M3DQoOZG
  2. to hesitate, falter (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
    Sense id: en-tøve-da-verb-WW05dFcl Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 30 52 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 41 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 65 18
  3. to linger (to stay or remain)
    Sense id: en-tøve-da-verb-yGPXa2fU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tøven

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tøven"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "tȫven"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German tȫven",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tōbijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tōbijaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "toeven",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to linger"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch toeven (“to linger”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "tóf"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic tóf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "tefja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse tefja",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German tȫven, from Proto-Germanic *tōbijaną, cognate with Dutch toeven (“to linger”). Derived from the noun *tōbą (“hesitation”) (Icelandic tóf) and related to the verb *tabijaną (“to delay”) (Old Norse tefja).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tøv",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at tøve",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøver",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøvede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "har tøvet",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøver",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøves",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøvede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøvedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøves",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøv",
      "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": "tøvende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøvet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "tøvede",
        "11": "perfect tense",
        "12": "har tøvet",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "tøv",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at tøve",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "tøver",
        "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": "tøve (imperative tøv, infinitive at tøve, present tense tøver, past tense tøvede, perfect tense har tøvet)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tøv",
        "2": "tøve",
        "3": "tøver",
        "4": "tøvede",
        "5": "har",
        "6": "tøvet"
      },
      "expansion": "tøve (imperative tøv, infinitive at tøve, present tense tøver, past tense tøvede, perfect tense har tøvet)",
      "name": "da-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tøve-da-verb-M3DQoOZG",
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 52 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 41 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 65 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate, falter (to stammer; to falter in speaking)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tøve-da-verb-WW05dFcl",
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ],
        [
          "falter",
          "falter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to linger (to stay or remain)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tøve-da-verb-yGPXa2fU",
      "links": [
        [
          "linger",
          "linger"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtøːvə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtˢøːʋə]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtˢøːʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tøve"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tøven"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "tȫven"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German tȫven",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tōbijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tōbijaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "toeven",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to linger"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch toeven (“to linger”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "tóf"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic tóf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "tefja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse tefja",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German tȫven, from Proto-Germanic *tōbijaną, cognate with Dutch toeven (“to linger”). Derived from the noun *tōbą (“hesitation”) (Icelandic tóf) and related to the verb *tabijaną (“to delay”) (Old Norse tefja).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tøv",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at tøve",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøver",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøvede",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "har tøvet",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøver",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøves",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøvede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøvedes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøves",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøv",
      "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": "tøvende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøvet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tøven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "tøvede",
        "11": "perfect tense",
        "12": "har tøvet",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "tøv",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at tøve",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "tøver",
        "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": "tøve (imperative tøv, infinitive at tøve, present tense tøver, past tense tøvede, perfect tense har tøvet)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tøv",
        "2": "tøve",
        "3": "tøver",
        "4": "tøvede",
        "5": "har",
        "6": "tøvet"
      },
      "expansion": "tøve (imperative tøv, infinitive at tøve, present tense tøver, past tense tøvede, perfect tense har tøvet)",
      "name": "da-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate, falter (to stammer; to falter in speaking)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ],
        [
          "falter",
          "falter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to linger (to stay or remain)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linger",
          "linger"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtøːvə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtˢøːʋə]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtˢøːʊ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tøve"
}

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