"forestille" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

Forms: forestill [imperative], forestiller [present], forestilles [passive], forestilte [past], forestilt [participle, past], forestillende [participle, present]
Etymology: fore- + stille, from Low German vorstellen and German vorstellen Etymology templates: {{prefix|nb|fore|stille}} fore- + stille, {{der|nb|nds|vorstellen}} Low German vorstellen, {{der|nb|de|vorstellen}} German vorstellen Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|forestill|present tense|forestiller|passive|forestilles|simple past|forestilte|past participle|forestilt|present participle|forestillende}} forestille (imperative forestill, present tense forestiller, passive forestilles, simple past forestilte, past participle forestilt, present participle forestillende)
  1. to depict, represent (something)
    Sense id: en-forestille-nb-verb-y9lZBXVZ
  2. to introduce (someone to someone else)
    Sense id: en-forestille-nb-verb-~9whlrBl
  3. (reflexive) to imagine (something) Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-forestille-nb-verb-HnyjBnqY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: forestilling

Inflected forms

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