øve

See also: ove, Ove, and övé

Danish

Verb

øve

  1. (reflexive) practise
    Han øvede sig på violinen hele natten.
    He practiced with the violin all night.
  2. (transitive) practise
    • 2012, Lars Møller, Jæger 200: Med hjertet som indsats, Gyldendal A/S (→ISBN)
      Vi øvede at ligge gemt i dagevis.
      We practised lying in hiding for days.


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German ôven, from Old Saxon ōvian, from Proto-Germanic *ōbijaną.

Verb

øve (imperative øv, present tense øver, simple past øvde or øvet, past participle øvd or øvet, present participle øvende)

  1. to practise (UK) or practice (US)
  2. to exercise

Derived terms

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.