German

Noun

Gifte n

1. plural of Gift

Afrikaans

Noun

gifte

1. plural of gif

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiftə/, [ˈɡ̊ifd̥ə]

Etymology 1

See gift ‎(“poison”).

Noun

gifte c

1. plural indefinite of gift

Etymology 2

See gift ‎(“married”)

Adjective

gifte

1. definite and plural of gift

Etymology 3

From Old Norse gipta ‎(“give away in marriage”).

Verb

gifte ‎(imperative gift, infinitive at gifte, present tense gifter, past tense giftede, perfect tense har giftet)

1. marry

Synonyms

• (to give children away in marriage): bortgifte
• (to take for husband or wife): ægte
• (to perform the ceremony of joining spouses): vie

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

gifte

1. definite singular of gift
2. plural of gift

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gipta

Verb

gifte ‎(imperative gift, present tense gifter, simple past and past participle gifta or giftet)

1. (reflexive) gifte seg - to marry or wed

   gifte seg på nytt - to remarry

2. (non-reflexive) gifte bort sin datter - (of a father) to give one's daughter away (in marriage)

References

• “gifte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

gifte

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of gift.

Noun

gifte n

1. a marriage

Declension

Related terms

• gifta
• giftermål

Verb

gifte

1. past tense of gifta.