forjætte

Danish

Etymology

From for- and Old Danish iate, iætte (“to promise”), from Old Norse játta, from Proto-Germanic *ja(h?)atjaną (“to assent”), cognate with Norwegian jatte, Old English ġēatan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɔrjɛtə/, [fʌˈjɛd̥ə]

Verb

forjætte (past tense forjættede, past participle forjættet)

  1. (archaic) to promise
  2. especially in the Biblical expression det forjættede land (“the promised land”)

Conjugation
Inflection of forjætte
present past
simple forjætter forjættede
perfect har forjættet havde forjættet
passive forjættes forjættedes
participle forjættende forjættet
imperative forjæt —
infinitive forjætte —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund forjætten —

Derived terms
  • forjættelse

References
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