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Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Old Norse máti, from Middle Low German māte, from Proto-Germanic *mētō. Cognate with Dutch maat, German Maß, Mass (Switzerland, Liechtenstein), German Low German Maat, Moot.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]måte m (definite singular måten, indefinite plural måter, definite plural måtene)
Synonyms
[edit]- (manner, way): vis
- (moderation): moderasjon
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “måte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 489
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Old Norse máti, from Middle Low German māte, from Proto-Germanic *mētō. Cognate with Dutch maat, German Maß, Mass (Switzerland, Liechtenstein), German Low German Maat, Moot.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]måte m (definite singular måten, indefinite plural måtar, definite plural måtane)
- manner, way
- moderation (avoidance of extremes)
Verb
[edit]måte (present tense måtar, past tense måta, past participle måta, passive infinitive måtast, present participle måtande, imperative måte/måt)
- Alternative form of måta
Synonyms
[edit]- (manner, way): sett, vis
- (moderation): moderasjon
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “måte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs